Question

Suppose we transfer a file written on a little endian machine to a big endian machine and there is no transformation from little endian to big endian, then what happens?

(a) The big endian machine throws an error when it receives the file

(b) The big endian machine reads the file in the reverse order

(c) The big endian machine does not read the file

(d) The big endian machine reads the file in the normal order

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I would like to ask this question from Endianness in chapter Miscellaneous Topics in C of C

Answer 1

Correct option is (b) The big endian machine reads the file in the reverse order

The explanation is: If there is no transformation from little endian to big endian on transfer of a file from a little endian machine to a big endian machine, the big endian machine reads the file in reverse order.