MEMSET(3)		   Linux Programmers Manual		    MEMSET(3)



NAME
       memset - fill memory with a constant byte

SYNOPSIS
       #include 

       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)