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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
47The
48.Fn bzero
49function
50writes
51.Fa n
52zeroed bytes to the string
53.Fa s .
54If
55.Fa n
56is zero,
57.Fn bzero
58does nothing.
59.Sh SEE ALSO
60.Xr memset 3 ,
61.Xr swab 3
62.Sh HISTORY
63A
64.Fn bzero
65function
66appeared in
67.Bx 4.3 .
68Its prototype existed previously in
69.In string.h
70before it was moved to
71.In strings.h
72for
73.St -p1003.1-2001
74compliance.
75.Pp
76.Fn bzero
77was deprecated in
78.St -p1003.1-2001
79and removed in
80.St -p1003.1-2008 .