BZERO

Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 2015-03-02
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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().

COLOPHON

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