BZERO(3)                                            Linux Programmer's Manual                                           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 byte area starting at s to zero (bytes containing '\0').

RETURN VALUE
       None.

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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Linux                                                      2008-08-06                                                   BZERO(3)