.\" Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
.\" All rights reserved.
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
.\" Chris Torek.
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.\" %sccs.include.redist.man%
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.\"	@(#)bzero.3	5.1 (Berkeley) 05/15/90
.\"
.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)