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| author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-15 19:40:15 +0000 |
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| committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-15 19:40:15 +0000 |
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diff --git a/man3/memset.3 b/man3/memset.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b56ef46 --- /dev/null +++ b/man3/memset.3 @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ +'\" 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 2023-07-20 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01" +.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). +.TS +allbox; +lbx lb lb +l l l. +Interface Attribute Value +T{ +.na +.nh +.BR memset () +T} Thread safety MT-Safe +.TE +.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) |