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BZERO(3) BSD Library Functions Manual BZERO(3) NAME bzero -- write zeroes to a byte string LIBRARY Standard C Library (libc, -lc) SYNOPSIS #include <strings.h> void bzero(void *s, size_t n); DESCRIPTION The bzero() function writes n zeroed bytes to the string s. If n is zero, bzero() does nothing. SEE ALSO memset(3), swab(3) HISTORY A bzero() function appeared in 4.3BSD. Its prototype existed previously in <string.h> before it was moved to <strings.h> for IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (``POSIX.1'') compliance. BSD June 4, 1993 BSD |