NAME
bzero —
write zeroes to a byte
string
LIBRARY
library “libc”
SYNOPSIS
#include
<strings.h>
void
bzero(void
*b, size_t
len);
DESCRIPTION
Thebzero()
function writes len zero bytes to the string
b. If len is zero,
bzero() does nothing.
SEE ALSO
STANDARDS
The bzero() function conforms to
IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (“POSIX.1”). The
IEEE Std 1003.1-2004 (“POSIX.1”)
revision marked it as legacy and recommended the use of
memset(3) instead. The IEEE Std 1003.1-2008
(“POSIX.1”) revision removed
bzero() from the specification.
HISTORY
A bzero() function appeared in
4.3BSD.