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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

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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