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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993 | |
2 | .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. | |
3 | .\" | |
4 | .\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by | |
5 | .\" Chris Torek. | |
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31 | .\" @(#)bzero.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 | |
32 | .\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/string/bzero.3,v 1.10 2007/01/09 00:28:11 imp Exp $ | |
33 | .\" | |
34 | .Dd June 4, 1993 | |
35 | .Dt BZERO 3 | |
36 | .Os | |
37 | .Sh NAME | |
38 | .Nm bzero | |
39 | .Nd write zeroes to a byte string | |
40 | .Sh LIBRARY | |
41 | .Lb libc | |
42 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
43 | .In strings.h | |
44 | .Ft void | |
45 | .Fn bzero "void *s" "size_t n" | |
46 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | |
47 | The | |
48 | .Fn bzero | |
49 | function | |
50 | writes | |
51 | .Fa n | |
52 | zeroed bytes to the string | |
53 | .Fa s . | |
54 | If | |
55 | .Fa n | |
56 | is zero, | |
57 | .Fn bzero | |
58 | does nothing. | |
59 | .Sh SEE ALSO | |
60 | .Xr memset 3 , | |
61 | .Xr swab 3 | |
62 | .Sh HISTORY | |
63 | A | |
64 | .Fn bzero | |
65 | function | |
66 | appeared in | |
67 | .Bx 4.3 . | |
68 | Its prototype existed previously in | |
69 | .In string.h | |
70 | before it was moved to | |
71 | .In strings.h | |
72 | for | |
73 | .St -p1003.1-2001 | |
74 | compliance. | |
75 | .Pp | |
76 | .Fn bzero | |
77 | was deprecated in | |
78 | .St -p1003.1-2001 | |
79 | and removed in | |
80 | .St -p1003.1-2008 . |