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bzero(3)

NAME

bzero, explicit_bzero – zero a byte string

SYNOPSIS


#include <strings.h>
void bzero(void *s, size_t n);
#include <string.h>
void explicit_bzero(void *s, size_t n);

DESCRIPTION

The bzero() function erases the data in the n bytes of the memory starting at the location pointed to by s, by writing zeros (bytes containing ‘