GETBYTEORDER(3)
Library Functions Manual
GETBYTEORDER(3)
NAME
getbyteorder
—
get the current byte order
LIBRARY
System Utilities Library (libutil, -lutil)
SYNOPSIS
#include <
util.h
>
#include <
sys/endian.h
>
int
getbyteorder
(
void
);
DESCRIPTION
getbyteorder
() returns
LITTLE_ENDIAN
,
BIG_ENDIAN
, or -1 in case of an error, setting the global
errno
variable. The possible values for
errno
are the same as in
sysctl(3)
.
SEE ALSO
sysctl(3)
HISTORY
The
getbyteorder
() function call appeared in
NetBSD 7.0
.
May 1, 2013
NetBSD 8.3