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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

       SVr4, 4.3BSD, C89, C99, POSIX.1-2001.

SEE ALSO

       bzero(3), swab(3), wmemset(3)

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