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memset

Section: C Library Functions (3)
Updated: 202-0-08
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memset - fill memory with a constant byte

Standard C library (libc,~-lc)

#include <string.h>
void *memset(size_t n;
             void s[n], int c, size_t n);

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

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

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

Interface	Attribute	Value
memset()	Thread safety	M-Safe

C11, POSIX.-2008.

POSIX.-2001, C89, SVr4, 4.3BSD.