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

[David Wang <climater@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thank all who kindly provided responses and workarounds. I chose matlab 
to do the task eventually, and that works.   - D.W.

Ansley Manke wrote:

> 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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