MEMSET
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 1993-04-11
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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)
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