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bzero(3)

NAME

     bzero -- write zeroes to a byte string

LIBRARY

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

     #include <strings.h>

     void
     bzero(void *b, size_t len);

DESCRIPTION

     The bzero() function writes len zero bytes to the string b.  If len 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.

FreeBSD 5.4			 June 4, 1993			   FreeBSD 5.4

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