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3558f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.\"	@(#)bzero.3	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
367f3dea24SPeter Wemm.\" $FreeBSD$
3758f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.\"
3858f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Dd June 4, 1993
3958f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Dt BZERO 3
4058f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Os BSD 4.3
4158f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh NAME
4258f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Nm bzero
4358f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Nd write zeroes to a byte string
4458f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh SYNOPSIS
4558f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fd #include <string.h>
4658f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Ft void
4758f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn bzero "void *b" "size_t len"
4858f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh DESCRIPTION
4958f0484fSRodney W. GrimesThe
5058f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn bzero
5158f0484fSRodney W. Grimesfunction
5258f0484fSRodney W. Grimeswrites
5358f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fa len
5458f0484fSRodney W. Grimeszero bytes to the string
5558f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fa b .
5658f0484fSRodney W. GrimesIf
5758f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fa len
5858f0484fSRodney W. Grimesis zero,
5958f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn bzero
6058f0484fSRodney W. Grimesdoes nothing.
6158f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh SEE ALSO
6258f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Xr memset 3 ,
6358f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Xr swab 3
6458f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh HISTORY
6558f0484fSRodney W. GrimesA
6658f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn bzero
6758f0484fSRodney W. Grimesfunction
6858f0484fSRodney W. Grimesappeared in
6958f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Bx 4.3 .
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