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Dd May 1, 2013
Dt GETBYTEORDER 3
Os
Sh NAME
Nm getbyteorder
Nd get the current byte order
Sh LIBRARY
Lb libutil
Sh SYNOPSIS
In util.h
In sys/endian.h
Ft int
Fn getbyteorder void
Sh DESCRIPTION
Fn getbyteorder
returns
Dv LITTLE_ENDIAN ,
Dv BIG_ENDIAN ,
or \-1 in case of an error, setting the global
Va errno
variable.
The possible values for
Va errno
are the same as in
Xr sysctl 3 .
Sh SEE ALSO
Xr sysctl 3
Sh HISTORY
The
Fn getbyteorder
function call appeared in
Nx 7.0 .
