memset - Man Page

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

#include <string.h>

void *memset(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).

C11, POSIX.1-2008.

POSIX.1-2001, C89, SVr4, 4.3BSD.

bstring(3), bzero(3), swab(3), wmemset(3)

aio(7), bstring(3), bzero(3), explicit_bzero.3bsd(3), feature_test_macros(7), kcapi_memset_secure(3), memhog(8), mount_setattr(2), openat2(2), pmem2_get_memmove_fn(3), pmem_memmove_persist(3), pmemobj_memcpy_persist(3), set_thread_area(2), signal-safety(7), stress-ng(1), wmemset(3).