bzero() — Zero bytes in memory

Standards

Standards / Extensions	C or C++	Dependencies
XPG4.2 Single UNIX Specification, Version 3	both

Format

#define  _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED 1
#include <strings.h>

void bzero(void *s, size_t n);

General description

The bzero() function places n zero-valued bytes in the area pointed to by s.

Note: The bzero() function has been moved to the Legacy Option group in Single UNIX Specification, Version 3 and may be withdrawn in a future version. The memset() function is preferred for portability.

Returned value

bzero() returns no values.

There are no errno values defined for bzero().

Related information

strings.h
bcmp() — Compare bytes in memory
bcopy() — Copy bytes in memory
memset() — Set buffer to value