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.  Its prototype existed previously
     in <string.h> before it was moved to <strings.h> for IEEE Std 1003.1-2001
     (``POSIX.1'') compliance.


FreeBSD 5.2.1			 June 4, 1993			 FreeBSD 5.2.1