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BZERO(3)		 BSD 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 previously
     in	<string.h> before it was moved to <strings.h> for IEEE Std 1003.1-2001
     ("POSIX.1") compliance.

BSD				 June 4, 1993				   BSD
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