BZERO(3)

NAME
bzero - write zeroes to a byte string

LIBRARY
libc

SYNOPSIS
#include <strings.h>
void
bzero(void *s, size_t n);

DESCRIPTION
The bzero() function writes n zeroed bytes to the string s. If n is zero, bzero() does nothing.

SEE ALSO
memset(3), swab(3)

HISTORY
A bzero() function appeared in 4.3BSD. Its prototype existed previously in <string.h> before it was moved to <strings.h> for p1003.1-2001 compliance.

bzero() was deprecated in p1003.1-2001 and removed in p1003.1-2008.