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The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6
IEEE Std 1003.1, 2004 Edition
Copyright © 2001-2004 The IEEE and The Open Group, All Rights reserved.

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NAME

bzero - memory operations (LEGACY)

SYNOPSIS

`[XSI] #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), '\0', (len)), (void) 0)

RATIONALE

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

This function may be withdrawn in a future version.

SEE ALSO

memset(), the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <strings.h>

CHANGE HISTORY

First released in Issue 4, Version 2.

Issue 5

Moved from X/OPEN UNIX extension to BASE.

Issue 6

This function is marked LEGACY.

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