<TITLE>memset</TITLE> <body bgcolor="#ffffcc"> <hr> <pre> <h3>MEMSET(3) Linux Programmer's Manual MEMSET(3) </h3> <h3>NAME </h3> memset - fill memory with a constant byte <h3>SYNOPSIS </h3> #include <string.h> void *memset(void *s, int c, size_t n); <h3>DESCRIPTION </h3> The memset() function fills the first n bytes of the mem- ory area pointed to be s with the constant byte c. <h3>RETURN VALUE </h3> The memset() function returns a pointer to the memory area s. <h3>CONFORMING TO </h3> SVID 3, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899 </pre> <hr> <h3>SEE ALSO </h3><p> <a href=bzero.htm>bzero</a>, <a href=swab.htm>swab</a>, <pre> <h3>GNU April 11, 1993 1 </h3> </pre> <P> <hr> <p> <center> <table border=2 width=80%> <tr align=center> <td width=25%> <a href=../cref.html>Top</a> </td><td width=25%> <a href=../master_index.html>Master Index</a> </td><td width=25%> <a href=../SYNTAX/keywords.html>Keywords</a> </td><td width=25%> <a href=../FUNCTIONS/funcref.htm>Functions</a> </td> </tr> </table> </center> <p> <hr> This manual page was brought to you by <i>mjl_man V-2.0</i>