bzero (3)
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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 aq\0aq).
RETURN VALUE
None.
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
attributes(7).
| Interface | Attribute | Value
|
|
bzero()
| Thread safety | MT-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)
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