BZERO(9)

💖 BZERO(9) — Kernel Developer's Manual 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

bzero — write zeroes to a byte string

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <sys/systm.h>

void
bzero(void *b, size_t len);

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

🚨 bestie, heads up: the bzero() interface is obsolete. Do not add new code using it. It will soon be purged. Use memset(9) instead. (The bzero() function is now a macro for memset(9).) periodt.

Okay so the actual behavior is lowkey simple: the bzero() function writes len zero bytes to the string b. If len is zero, bzero() does nothing. That's the whole vibe — no extra lore, no surprises, just zeroes doing their thing. 💀✨

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• memset(9)

xoxo, Debian 💖 July 7, 2001 💖 BZERO(9)