NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       memset - fill memory with a constant byte

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       #include <string.h>

       void *memset(void *s, int c, size_t n);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

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

RETURN VALUE    [Toc]    [Back]

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

CONFORMING TO    [Toc]    [Back]

       SVID 3, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       bzero(3), swab(3)



GNU				  1993-04-11			     MEMSET(3)