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.\" Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
.\" All rights reserved.
.\"
.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
.\" Chris Torek.
.\"
.\" %sccs.include.redist.man%
.\"
.\"	@(#)bzero.3	5.1 (Berkeley) %G%
.\"
.TH BZERO 3 ""
.UC 7
.SH NAME
bzero \- write zeroes to a byte string
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.ft B
#include <string.h>

void
bzero(char *b, size_t len);
.ft R
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B Bzero
writes
.I len
zero bytes to the string
.IR b .
If
.I len
is zero,
.B bzero
does nothing.
.SH SEE ALSO
memset(3), swab(3)
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acc78d43 KB	1	.\" Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
	2	.\" All rights reserved.
	3	.\"
	4	.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
	5	.\" Chris Torek.
	6	.\"
	7	.\" %sccs.include.redist.man%
	8	.\"
	9	.\" @(#)bzero.3 5.1 (Berkeley) %G%
	10	.\"
	11	.TH BZERO 3 ""
	12	.UC 7
	13	.SH NAME
	14	bzero \- write zeroes to a byte string
	15	.SH SYNOPSIS
	16	.nf
	17	.ft B
	18	#include <string.h>
	19
	20	void
	21	bzero(char *b, size_t len);
	22	.ft R
	23	.fi
	24	.SH DESCRIPTION
	25	.B Bzero
	26	writes
	27	.I len
	28	zero bytes to the string
	29	.IR b .
	30	If
	31	.I len
	32	is zero,
	33	.B bzero
	34	does nothing.
	35	.SH SEE ALSO
	36	memset(3), swab(3)