--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/libtest/local_endian.c	Tue Feb 11 23:59:21 2025 +0000
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+/*
+ * This C module is our current best attempt at determining the local endian
+ * in a portable manner that (hopefully) won't come back to bite us when
+ * someone needs to compile our software under a different flavor of Unix.
+ */
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include "local_endian.h"
+
+int is_native_big_endian(void)
+{
+	uint16_t big_end_one;
+
+	big_end_one = htons(1);
+	if (big_end_one == 1)
+		return 1;
+	else
+		return 0;
+}