.TH GETBE 2
getbe, setbe, getle, setle \- integer marshalling
.SH SYNOPSIS
.ta +\w'\fLuvlong 'u
.PP
.nf
.B
uvlong	getbe(uchar *buf, int nbytes)
.PP
.nf
.B
void	putbe(uchar *buf, uvlong v, int nbytes)
.PP
.nf
.B
uvlong	getle(uchar *buf, int nbytes)
.PP
.nf
.B
void	putle(uchar *buf, uvlong v, int nbytes)
.SH DESCRIPTION
These functions marshal a 1- to 8-byte integer to
or from little- or big-endian formats.  The size
of the integer is specified in bytes, and is not restricted
to a power of two.
.SH SOURCE
.B /sys/src/libc/port/getbe.c
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IR fcall (2),
.IR ip (2)
.SH BUGS
.IR GBIT *
and 
.IR PBIT *
(from
.IR fcall (2))
provide similar functionality for little-endian integers.
The
.IR nhget *
and
.IR nhput *
functions from
.IR ip (2)
provide similar functionality  for big-endian integers.