MEMSET(3)                           Linux Programmer's Manual                           MEMSET(3)



NAME
       memset - fill memory with a constant byte

SYNOPSIS
       #include <string.h>

       void *memset(void *s, int c, size_t n);

DESCRIPTION
       The  memset() function fills the first n bytes of the memory area pointed to by s with the
       constant byte c.

RETURN VALUE
       The memset() function returns a pointer to the memory area s.

CONFORMING TO
       SVr4, 4.3BSD, C89, C99, POSIX.1-2001.

SEE ALSO
       bzero(3), swab(3), wmemset(3)

COLOPHON
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GNU                                         1993-04-11                                  MEMSET(3)