Re: [ferret_users] choose little/big endian for stream binaryoutput

[James Caveen <james_caveen@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Under UNIX (LINUX) one can use the dd utilily to swap bytes:


dd if=in_file of=out_file conv=swab


This might be a solution.


Regards,

James


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• Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 13:20:48 -0700
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Hi David,
You're right. Ferret does not have a /SWAP option for writing binary data. I imagine there are other tools out there you can use to do that once the file is written.

Ansley

David Wang wrote:

Hello Ferreters,

I've checked out both the manual and the mail archive. This is just to make sure:
Ferret only produces stream binary data in the endianness of the system where it is running, doesn't it? Say I work on a linux PC (little endian), then ferret does not write stream data in big endian (LIST doesn't have the /SWAP option).

Thanks, D.W.

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