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NAME
       bzero - write zero-valued bytes

SYNOPSIS
       #include <strings.h>

       void bzero(void *s, size_t n);

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

RETURN VALUE
       None.

ATTRIBUTES
   Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
       The bzero() function is thread-safe.

CONFORMING TO
       4.3BSD.  This function is deprecated (marked as LEGACY in POSIX.1-2001): use memset(3)  in
       new programs.  POSIX.1-2008 removes the specification of bzero().

SEE ALSO
       memset(3), swab(3)

COLOPHON
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Linux                                       2013-10-22                                   BZERO(3)