💾 Archived View for gmi.noulin.net › man › man3 › memset.3.gmi captured on 2023-09-08 at 17:01:45. Gemini links have been rewritten to link to archived content
⬅️ Previous capture (2022-06-12)
-=-=-=-=-=-=-
MEMSET(3) Linux Programmer's Manual MEMSET(3)
NAME
memset - fill memory with a constant byte
SYNOPSIS
#include <string.h>
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.
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
│Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
│memset() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C89, C99, SVr4, 4.3BSD.
SEE ALSO
bstring(3), bzero(3), swab(3), wmemset(3)
GNU 2021-03-22 MEMSET(3)