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34.\"     @(#)bzero.3	5.3 (Berkeley) 4/19/91
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36.Dd April 19, 1991
37.Dt BZERO 3
38.Os BDS 4.3
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm bzero
41.Nd write zeroes to a byte string
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.Fd #include <string.h>
44.Ft void
45.Fn bzero "void *b" "size_t len"
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47The
48.Fn bzero
49function
50writes
51.Fa len
52zero bytes to the string
53.Fa b .
54If
55.Fa len
56is zero,
57.Fn bzero
58does nothing.
59.Sh SEE ALSO
60.Xr memset 3 ,
61.Xr swab 3
62.Sh HISTORY
63A
64.Fn bzero
65function
66appeared in
67.Bx 4.3 .
68