MEMSET(9) Basic C Library Functions MEMSET(9)NAME
memset - Fill a region of memory with the given value
SYNOPSIS
void * memset(void * s, int c, size_t count);
ARGUMENTS
s
Pointer to the start of the area.
c
The byte to fill the area with
count
The size of the area.
DESCRIPTION
Do not use memset to access IO space, use memset_io instead.
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MEMSET(3) Linux Programmer's Manual MEMSET(3)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.
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
+----------+---------------+---------+
|Interface | Attribute | Value |
+----------+---------------+---------+
|memset() | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
+----------+---------------+---------+
CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C89, C99, SVr4, 4.3BSD.
SEE ALSO bstring(3), bzero(3), swab(3), wmemset(3)COLOPHON
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Dear all,
In my code,i am planning to use memset function to re-initialise an array before populating it everytime. Will using memset function be an overload to the program? (3 Replies)
HI all ,
please find the piece of code below
char *t;
char *f;
char buf;
memset(buf,0,50);
after that i am assigning memory
for (i=0; i<100; i++)
{
t = buf+(i*6);
f = "ARUN";
}
my question ..
1) i have run this it is... (7 Replies)
Hi All,
we have an application that is written in 'C' programming to connects to various servers in the organization.
The bellow code establish a TCP connection to connect to the remote servers. the application works perfectly ok, but, after some time the entire process get's crashed and... (2 Replies)
Hi guys,
my tool works fine in gentoo, ubuntu now im trying to port it to windows but bzero/bcopy I read aren't working on windows and for better portability I should of use memset() so im trying to translate
bzero(buffer,256);in
printf("MAIL TO");
strcpy(buffer, rcp);
... (4 Replies)
Hi,
memset call is failing on solaris for me. I wrote below code and that also fails. Any hints?
void *memset(void *dst, int c, size_t n)
{
if (n) {
char *d = dst;
do {
*d++ = c;
} while (--n);
}
return dst;
} (2 Replies)