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.

ATTRIBUTES

  Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
The memset() function is thread-safe.

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

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

COLOPHON
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