man3p/memset.3p

   1 .\" Copyright (c) 2001-2003 The Open Group, All Rights Reserved
   2 .TH "MEMSET" P 2003 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual"
   3 .\" memset
   4 .SH NAME
   5 memset \- set bytes in memory
   6 .SH SYNOPSIS
   7 .LP
   8 \fB#include <string.h>
   9 .br
  10 .sp
  11 void *memset(void *\fP\fIs\fP\fB, int\fP \fIc\fP\fB, size_t\fP \fIn\fP\fB);
  12 .br
  13 \fP
  14 .SH DESCRIPTION
  15 .LP
  16 The \fImemset\fP() function shall copy \fIc\fP (converted to an \fBunsigned
  17 char\fP) into each of the first \fIn\fP bytes of
  18 the object pointed to by \fIs\fP.
  19 .SH RETURN VALUE
  20 .LP
  21 The \fImemset\fP() function shall return \fIs\fP; no return value
  22 is reserved to indicate an error.
  23 .SH ERRORS
  24 .LP
  25 No errors are defined.
  26 .LP
  27 \fIThe following sections are informative.\fP
  28 .SH EXAMPLES
  29 .LP
  30 None.
  31 .SH APPLICATION USAGE
  32 .LP
  33 None.
  34 .SH RATIONALE
  35 .LP
  36 None.
  37 .SH FUTURE DIRECTIONS
  38 .LP
  39 None.
  40 .SH SEE ALSO
  41 .LP
  42 The Base Definitions volume of IEEE\ Std\ 1003.1-2001, \fI<string.h>\fP
  43 .SH COPYRIGHT
  44 Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
  45 from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
  46 -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
  47 Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of
  48 Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the
  49 event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
  50 The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard
  51 is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at
  52 http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .