1MS_BIGENDIANHOST(3)        Library Functions Manual        MS_BIGENDIANHOST(3)
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NAME

6       ms_bigendianhost - Determine host computer byte order
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SYNOPSIS

10       #include <libmseed.h>
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12       int  ms_bigendianhost ();
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DESCRIPTION

16       ms_bigendianhost is a run-time test of host computer byte order.  It is
17       assumed that there are only two possible byte orders: Most  Significant
18       Byte  First  (MSBF),  i.e. big-endian, and Least Significant Byte First
19       (LSBF), i.e. little-endian.  No  middle-endian  schemes  are  accounted
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22       Binary quantities in SEED are commonly big-endian, but it is not neces‐
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RETURN VALUES

27       ms_bigendianhost returns 1 if the host is big-endian and 0 if the  host
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AUTHOR

32       Chad Trabant
33       IRIS Data Management Center
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37Libmseed API                      2004/11/22               MS_BIGENDIANHOST(3)
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