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<b><i>db</i> <b>is_byteswapped</b></b>
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<b><pre>db is_byteswapped
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<b>Description(db is_byteswapped)</b>
<p>The <i>db</i> <b>is_byteswapped</b> command returns 0 if the underlying
database files were created on an architecture of the same byte order
as the current one, and 1 if they were not (that is, big-endian on a
little-endian machine, or vice versa). This information may be used to
determine if application data needs to be adjusted for this architecture
or not.</p>
<p>In the case of error, a Tcl error is thrown.</p>
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