X-Git-Url: https://gapil.gnulinux.it/gitweb/?p=gapil.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=sources%2Fendian.c;h=e7dbe0f36957f66afb65f2e9b90b133e67af18b6;hp=1e71896708073f72b278c81eca8988eff26bde9b;hb=04c68576a3be5ccfda8faf2030d4cbc2997c29fa;hpb=13e1dfef7b970db44781986970292e62ad7c7c58

diff --git a/sources/endian.c b/sources/endian.c
index 1e71896..e7dbe0f 100644
--- a/sources/endian.c
+++ b/sources/endian.c
@@ -23,28 +23,18 @@
  * Author: S. Piccardi
  * May. 2003
  *
- * $Id: endian.c,v 1.1 2003/06/01 21:41:28 piccardi Exp $
- *
  ***************************************************************/
-#include <stdio.h>
 
-int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+int endian(void)
 {
 /*
  * Variables definition
  */
-    int i, val;
-    char buf[sizeof(int)];
-    char * char_ptr;
-    int * int_ptr;
+    short magic, test;
+    char * ptr;
    
-    val = 0xABCDEF01;      /* endianess magic number */
-    int_ptr = (int *) buf; 
-    *int_ptr = val;
-    char_ptr = (char *) &val;
-    for (i=0; i<sizeof(int); i++) {
-	char_ptr[i] = buf[i];
-    }
-    printf("Value %x\n", val);
-    return 0;
+    magic = 0xABCD;                     /* endianess magic number */
+    ptr = (char *) &magic;              
+    test = (ptr[1]<<8) + (ptr[0]&0xFF); /* build value byte by byte */
+    return (magic == test);             /* if the same is little endian */ 
 }