bzero(3) - Linux man page

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.

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().

Referenced By

bstring(3)