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+'\" t
+.\" Copyright 1993 David Metcalfe (david@prism.demon.co.uk)
+.\"
+.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft
+.\"
+.\" References consulted:
+.\" Linux libc source code
+.\" Lewine's _POSIX Programmer's Guide_ (O'Reilly & Associates, 1991)
+.\" 386BSD man pages
+.\" Modified Sat Jul 24 18:49:23 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
+.TH memset 3 2023-03-30 "Linux man-pages 6.04"
+.SH NAME
+memset \- fill memory with a constant byte
+.SH LIBRARY
+Standard C library
+.RI ( libc ", " \-lc )
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+.B #include <string.h>
+.PP
+.BI "void *memset(void " s [. n "], int " c ", size_t " n );
+.fi
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+The
+.BR memset ()
+function fills the first
+.I n
+bytes of the
+memory area pointed to by
+.I s
+with the constant byte
+.IR c .
+.SH RETURN VALUE
+The
+.BR memset ()
+function returns a pointer to the memory area
+.IR s .
+.SH ATTRIBUTES
+For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
+.BR attributes (7).
+.ad l
+.nh
+.TS
+allbox;
+lbx lb lb
+l l l.
+Interface Attribute Value
+T{
+.BR memset ()
+T} Thread safety MT-Safe
+.TE
+.hy
+.ad
+.sp 1
+.SH STANDARDS
+C11, POSIX.1-2008.
+.SH HISTORY
+POSIX.1-2001, C89, SVr4, 4.3BSD.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR bstring (3),
+.BR bzero (3),
+.BR swab (3),
+.BR wmemset (3)