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. CONFORMING TO SVID 3, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899 SEE ALSO bzero(3), swab(3) GNU 1993-04-11 MEMSET(3)