1*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993 2*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 3*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" 4*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by 5*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" Chris Torek. 6*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" 7*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 8*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 9*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" are met: 10*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 11*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 12*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 13*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 14*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 15*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 16*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 17*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" without specific prior written permission. 18*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" 19*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 20*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 21*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 22*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 23*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 24*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 25*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 26*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 27*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 28*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 29*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 30*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" 31*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" from: @(#)bzero.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 32*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" $NetBSD: bzero.3,v 1.13 2010/04/29 06:54:26 jruoho Exp $ 33*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" 34*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Dd April 29, 2010 35*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Dt BZERO 3 36*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Os 37*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh NAME 38*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Nm bzero 39*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Nd write zeroes to a byte string 40*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh LIBRARY 41*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Lb libc 42*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh SYNOPSIS 43*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.In strings.h 44*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Ft void 45*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn bzero "void *b" "size_t len" 46*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh DESCRIPTION 47*2fe8fb19SBen GrasThe 48*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn bzero 49*2fe8fb19SBen Grasfunction 50*2fe8fb19SBen Graswrites 51*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fa len 52*2fe8fb19SBen Graszero bytes to the string 53*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fa b . 54*2fe8fb19SBen GrasIf 55*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fa len 56*2fe8fb19SBen Grasis zero, 57*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn bzero 58*2fe8fb19SBen Grasdoes nothing. 59*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh SEE ALSO 60*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr memset 3 , 61*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr swab 3 62*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh STANDARDS 63*2fe8fb19SBen GrasThe 64*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn bzero 65*2fe8fb19SBen Grasfunction conforms to 66*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.St -p1003.1-2001 . 67*2fe8fb19SBen GrasThe 68*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.St -p1003.1-2004 69*2fe8fb19SBen Grasrevision marked it as legacy and recommended the use of 70*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr memset 3 71*2fe8fb19SBen Grasinstead. 72*2fe8fb19SBen GrasThe 73*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.St -p1003.1-2008 74*2fe8fb19SBen Grasrevision removed 75*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn bzero 76*2fe8fb19SBen Grasfrom the specification. 77*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh HISTORY 78*2fe8fb19SBen GrasA 79*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn bzero 80*2fe8fb19SBen Grasfunction 81*2fe8fb19SBen Grasappeared in 82*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Bx 4.3 . 83