BZERO(3P) POSIX Programmer's Manual BZERO(3P)
PROLOG
This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the correspond-
ing Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.
NAME
bzero - memory operations (LEGACY)
SYNOPSIS
#include <strings.h>
void bzero(void *s, size_t n);
DESCRIPTION
The bzero() function shall place n zero-valued bytes in the area pointed to by s.
RETURN VALUE
The bzero() function shall not return a value.
ERRORS
No errors are defined.
The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES
None.
APPLICATION USAGE
The memset() function is preferred over this function.
For maximum portability, it is recommended to replace the function call to bzero() as follows:
#define bzero(b,len) (memset((b), '