Module Name: src
Committed By: jruoho
Date: Thu Apr 29 05:42:04 UTC 2010
Modified Files:
src/lib/libc/string: swab.3
Log Message:
Note the recent changes.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.12 -r1.13 src/lib/libc/string/swab.3
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Modified files:
Index: src/lib/libc/string/swab.3
diff -u src/lib/libc/string/swab.3:1.12 src/lib/libc/string/swab.3:1.13
--- src/lib/libc/string/swab.3:1.12 Sat Apr 17 20:29:20 2010
+++ src/lib/libc/string/swab.3 Thu Apr 29 05:42:04 2010
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" from: @(#)swab.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
-.\" $NetBSD: swab.3,v 1.12 2010/04/17 20:29:20 wiz Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: swab.3,v 1.13 2010/04/29 05:42:04 jruoho Exp $
.\"
-.Dd April 17, 2010
+.Dd April 29, 2010
.Dt SWAB 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In unistd.h
.Ft void
-.Fn swab "const void * restrict src" "void * restrict dst" "size_t len"
+.Fn swab "const void * restrict src" "void * restrict dst" "ssize_t len"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The function
.Fn swab
@@ -65,8 +65,27 @@
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr bzero 3 ,
.Xr memset 3
+.Sh STANDARDS
+The
+.Fn swab
+function conforms to
+.St -p1003.1-2001 .
.Sh HISTORY
A
.Fn swab
function appeared in
.At v7 .
+It was originally documented to be
+.Dq useful for carrying binary data between PDP11's and other machines .
+.Pp
+In
+.Nx 6.0
+the type of
+.Fa len
+was changed from
+.Vt size_t
+to
+.Vt ssize_t
+for
+.Tn POSIX
+compliance.
