BZERO(P) POSIX Programmer's Manual BZERO(P)NAMEbzero - memory operations (LEGACY)
SYNOPSIS
#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This function may be withdrawn in a future version.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 ALSOmemset() , the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001,
<strings.h>
COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the
event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard
is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online
at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .
IEEE/The Open Group 2003 BZERO(P)
