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 '\0').

RETURN VALUE

       None.

ATTRIBUTES

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

       ┌──────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │Interface │ Attribute     │ Value   │
       ├──────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │bzero()   │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       └──────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

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().

SEE ALSO

       memset(3), swab(3)

COLOPHON

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