BZERO(3)

NAME
bzero - write zero-valued bytes

SYNOPSIS
#include <strings.h>

void bzero(void *s, size_t n);

DESCRIPTION
The bzero() function sets the first n bytes of the area starting at s to zero (bytes containing '\0').

RETURN VALUE
None.

ATTRIBUTES

  Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
The bzero() function is thread-safe.

CONFORMING TO
4.3BSD. This function is deprecated (marked as LEGACY in POSIX.1-2001): use memset(3) in new programs. POSIX.1-2008 removes the specification of bzero().

SEE ALSO
memset(3), swab(3)

COLOPHON
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