NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     bzero - write zeroes to a byte string

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <strings.h>

     void
     bzero(void *b, size_t len);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The bzero() function writes len zero bytes to the string b.  If len is
     zero, bzero() does nothing.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     memset(3), swab(3)

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     A bzero() function appeared in 4.3BSD.

BSD                              June 4, 1993                              BSD