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NAME
memset - fill memory with a constant byte
LIBRARY
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
bash
#include <string.h>bash
void *memset(void \ns\n[.\nn\n], int \nc\n, size_t \nn\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
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
| Interface | Attribute | Value |
| memset () | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
STANDARDS
C11, POSIX.1-2008.
HISTORY
POSIX.1-2001, C89, SVr4, 4.3BSD.
SEE ALSO
bstring(3), bzero(3), swab(3), wmemset(3)