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| | 32 | .\" @(#)memset.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 |
| | 33 | .\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/string/memset.3,v 1.9 2009/04/07 13:42:53 trasz Exp $ |
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| | 35 | .Dd June 4, 1993 |
| | 36 | .Dt MEMSET 3 |
| | 37 | .Os |
| | 38 | .Sh NAME |
| | 39 | .Nm memset |
| | 40 | .Nd write a byte to byte string |
| | 41 | .Sh LIBRARY |
| | 42 | .Lb libc |
| | 43 | .Sh SYNOPSIS |
| | 44 | .In string.h |
| | 45 | .Ft void * |
| | 46 | .Fn memset "void *b" "int c" "size_t len" |
| | 47 | .Sh DESCRIPTION |
| | 48 | The |
| | 49 | .Fn memset |
| | 50 | function |
| | 51 | writes |
| | 52 | .Fa len |
| | 53 | bytes of value |
| | 54 | .Fa c |
| | 55 | (converted to an unsigned char) to the string |
| | 56 | .Fa b . |
| | 57 | .Sh RETURN VALUES |
| | 58 | The |
| | 59 | .Fn memset |
| | 60 | function returns its first argument. |
| | 61 | .Sh SEE ALSO |
| | 62 | .Xr bzero 3 , |
| | 63 | .Xr swab 3 , |
| | 64 | .Xr wmemset 3 |
| | 65 | .Sh STANDARDS |
| | 66 | The |
| | 67 | .Fn memset |
| | 68 | function |
| | 69 | conforms to |
| | 70 | .St -isoC . |
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