NAME
bzero —
write zeroes to a byte
string
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <strings.h>
void
bzero(
void
*b,
size_t len);
DESCRIPTION
The
bzero() function writes
len zero
bytes to the string
b. If
len is
zero,
bzero() does nothing.
SEE ALSO
memset(3),
swab(3)
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.