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 ALSOmemset(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.
bzero() was deprecated in IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (“POSIX.1”) and removed in
IEEE Std 1003.1-2008 (“POSIX.1”).
BSD June 4, 1993 BSD