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diff --git a/doc/pcre_pattern_to_host_byte_order.3 b/doc/pcre_pattern_to_host_byte_order.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b0c41c3 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/pcre_pattern_to_host_byte_order.3 @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +.TH PCRE_PATTERN_TO_HOST_BYTE_ORDER 3 "24 June 2012" "PCRE 8.30" +.SH NAME +PCRE - Perl-compatible regular expressions +.SH SYNOPSIS +.rs +.sp +.B #include <pcre.h> +.PP +.nf +.B int pcre_pattern_to_host_byte_order(pcre *\fIcode\fP, +.B " pcre_extra *\fIextra\fP, const unsigned char *\fItables\fP);" +.sp +.B int pcre16_pattern_to_host_byte_order(pcre16 *\fIcode\fP, +.B " pcre16_extra *\fIextra\fP, const unsigned char *\fItables\fP);" +.sp +.B int pcre32_pattern_to_host_byte_order(pcre32 *\fIcode\fP, +.B " pcre32_extra *\fIextra\fP, const unsigned char *\fItables\fP);" +.fi +. +.SH DESCRIPTION +.rs +.sp +This function ensures that the bytes in 2-byte and 4-byte values in a compiled +pattern are in the correct order for the current host. It is useful when a +pattern that has been compiled on one host is transferred to another that might +have different endianness. The arguments are: +.sp + \fIcode\fP A compiled regular expression + \fIextra\fP Points to an associated \fBpcre[16|32]_extra\fP structure, + or is NULL + \fItables\fP Pointer to character tables, or NULL to + set the built-in default +.sp +The result is 0 for success, a negative PCRE_ERROR_xxx value otherwise. +.P +There is a complete description of the PCRE native API in the +.\" HREF +\fBpcreapi\fP +.\" +page and a description of the POSIX API in the +.\" HREF +\fBpcreposix\fP +.\" +page. |