BZERO
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 2013-10-22
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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
Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
The
bzero()
function is thread-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().
SEE ALSO
memset(3),
swab(3)
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- RETURN VALUE
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- ATTRIBUTES
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- Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
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- CONFORMING TO
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- SEE ALSO
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