BZERO(3)                       Library Routines                       BZERO(3)

NAME

       bzero - write zeroes to a byte string

SYNOPSIS

       #include <string.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.  It is functionally equivalent to and  imple‐
       mented  as  memset(b,0,len), and is included solely for BSD compatibil‐
       ity.

SEE ALSO

       memset(3), swab(3)

HISTORY

       A bzero function appeared in 4.3BSD.



GNO                             26 January 1997                       BZERO(3)