/* FUNCTION <<bzero>>---initialize memory to zero INDEX bzero ANSI_SYNOPSIS #include <strings.h> void bzero(void *<[b]>, size_t <[length]>); TRAD_SYNOPSIS #include <strings.h> void bzero(<[b]>, <[length]>) void *<[b]>; size_t <[length]>; DESCRIPTION <<bzero>> initializes <[length]> bytes of memory, starting at address <[b]>, to zero. RETURNS <<bzero>> does not return a result. PORTABILITY <<bzero>> is in the Berkeley Software Distribution. Neither ANSI C nor the System V Interface Definition (Issue 2) require <<bzero>>. <<bzero>> requires no supporting OS subroutines. */ #include <strings.h> _VOID _DEFUN (bzero, (b, length), void *b _AND size_t length) { char *ptr = (char *)b; while (length--) *ptr++ = 0; }