BZERO(3)		   Linux Programmers Manual		     BZERO(3)



NAME
       bzero - write zero-valued bytes

SYNOPSIS
       #include 

       void bzero(void *s, size_t n);

DESCRIPTION
       The  bzero()  function sets the first n bytes of the byte area starting
       at s to zero (bytes containing '\0').

RETURN VALUE
       None.

CONFORMING TO
       4.3BSD.	 This  function   is   deprecated   (marked   as   LEGACY   in
       POSIX.1-2001): use memset(3) in new programs.

SEE ALSO
       memset(3), swab(3)

COLOPHON
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Linux				  2002-12-31			      BZERO(3)