.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991 The Regents of the University of California.
.\" All rights reserved.
.\"
.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
.\" Chris Torek.
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.\" %sccs.include.redist.roff%
.\"
.\"	@(#)bzero.3	5.4 (Berkeley) 08/06/91
.\"
.Dd 
.Dt BZERO 3
.Os BSD 4.3
.Sh NAME
.Nm bzero
.Nd write zeroes to a byte string
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include <string.h>
.Ft void
.Fn bzero "void *b" "size_t len"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn bzero
function
writes
.Fa len
zero bytes to the string
.Fa b .
If
.Fa len
is zero,
.Fn bzero
does nothing.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr memset 3 ,
.Xr swab 3
.Sh HISTORY
A
.Fn bzero
function
appeared in 
.Bx 4.3 .