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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