fread_swap.c File Reference

#include <genutils.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

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Functions
size_t	fread_swap (int little_endian, void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, FILE *stream)
size_t	fwrite_swap (int little_endian, const void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, FILE *stream)

Function Documentation

fread_swap()

size_t fread_swap	(	int	little_endian,
		void *	ptr,
		size_t	size,
		size_t	nmemb,
		FILE *	stream
	)

read a binary file and swap bytes if necessary

Parameters

little_endian	set to 0 for big endian files, 1 for little endian files
ptr	memory to read into
size	size of object to read in bytes
nmemb	number of objects to read
stream	file to read from

Returns

number of objects read

Definition at line 4 of file fread_swap.c.

fwrite_swap()

size_t fwrite_swap	(	int	little_endian,
		const void *	ptr,
		size_t	size,
		size_t	nmemb,
		FILE *	stream
	)

write a binary file and swap bytes if necessary

Parameters

little_endian	set to 0 for big endian files, 1 for little endian files
ptr	memory to write
size	size of object to write in bytes
nmemb	number of objects to write
stream	file to write to

Returns

number of objects written

Definition at line 15 of file fread_swap.c.