endian.h

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#ifndef BU_ENDIAN_H
#define BU_ENDIAN_H
 
#include "common.h"
#include "bu/defines.h"
 
__BEGIN_DECLS
 
/** @addtogroup bu_endian
 * @brief
 * Run-time byte order detection.
 *
 */
/** @{ */
/** @file bu/endian.h */
 
 
typedef enum {
    BU_LITTLE_ENDIAN = 1234, /**< LSB first: i386, VAX order */
    BU_BIG_ENDIAN    = 4321, /**< MSB first: 68000, IBM, network order */
    BU_PDP_ENDIAN    = 3412  /**< LSB first in word, MSW first in long */
} bu_endian_t;
 
 
/**
 * returns the platform byte ordering (e.g., big-/little-endian)
 */
BU_EXPORT extern bu_endian_t bu_byteorder(void);
 
/** @} */
 
 
/**
 * Get the current operating host's name.  This is usually also the
 * network name of the current host.  The name is written into the
 * provided hostname buffer of at least len size.  The hostname is
 * always null-terminated and should be sized accordingly.
 */
BU_EXPORT extern int bu_gethostname(char *hostname, size_t len);
 
 
__END_DECLS
 
#endif  /* BU_ENDIAN_H */
 
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