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+.\"     @(#)memset.3   8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
+.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/string/memset.3,v 1.7 2001/10/01 16:09:00 ru Exp $
+.\"
+.Dd June 4, 1993
+.Dt MEMSET 3
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm memset
+.Nd write a byte to a byte string
+.Sh LIBRARY
+.Lb libc
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In string.h
+.Ft void *
+.Fo memset
+.Fa "void *b"
+.Fa "int c"
+.Fa "size_t n"
+.Fc
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn memset
+function
+writes
+.Fa n
+bytes of value
+.Fa c
+(converted to an unsigned char) to the string
+.Fa s .
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+The
+.Fn memset
+function returns its first argument.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr bzero 3 ,
+.Xr memset_pattern 3 ,
+.Xr swab 3
+.Sh STANDARDS
+The
+.Fn memset
+function
+conforms to
+.St -isoC .