bzero(3C)
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bzero function
Zero a portion of memory.
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Calling Sequence
int bzero(), length;
char *ptr;
bzero(ptr, length);
where ptr is a pointer to the area to clear.
length is the number of bytes set to zero.
Description
The bzero function fills a specified memory area with zeros; this
function comes from the University of California Berkeley UNIX
(BSD) system. This function has the same calling sequence as the
zero function.
Returns
The bzero function returns no value.
Related Functions
See also the zero function.
Example
/* Program test for the bzero() function */
#include <stdio.h>
int bzero();
char buf[80] = "abcdef";
main() {
printf("buf = '%s'\n", buf);
bzero(buf, sizeof(buf));
printf("buf = '%s'\n", buf);
return 0;
}
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bzero(3C)
A call to this program generates the output
buf = 'abcdef'
buf = ''
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