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BZERO(3)		    Library Functions Manual		      BZERO(3)

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)

HISTORY
       A bzero() function appeared in 4.3BSD.  Its  prototype  existed	previ-
       ously  in  <string.h>  before  it was moved to <strings.h> for IEEE Std
       1003.1-2001 ("POSIX.1") compliance.

FreeBSD	6.3			 June 4, 1993			      BZERO(3)

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