NAME

       ms_gswap - Generalized, in-place byte swapping routines

SYNOPSIS

       #include <libmseed.h>

       void  ms_gswap2 ( void *data2 );

       void  ms_gswap3 ( void *data3 );

       void  ms_gswap4 ( void *data4 );

       void  ms_gswap8 ( void *data8 );

       void  ms_gswap2a ( void *data2 );

       void  ms_gswap4a ( void *data4 );

       void  ms_gswap8a ( void *data8 );

DESCRIPTION

       These  routines  swap  between  LSBF  (little-endian)  and  MSBF (big-endian) byte orders.  The specified
       quantities are swapped in-place.  There are two versions of most routines: a generic one  that  works  on
       quantities  regardless  of  memory  alignment (ms_gswap#) and one that works on memory aligned quantities
       (ms_gswap#a).  The versions for memory aligned quantities are much faster than  their  generic  versions,
       but  the  memory  *must*  be  aligned.   You have been warned. There is only a generic version for 3-byte
       quantities.

AUTHOR

       Chad Trabant
       IRIS Data Management Center