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1 /* Portable version of bzero for systems without it.
2 This function is in the public domain. */
4 /*
5 NAME
6 bzero -- zero the contents of a specified memory region
8 SYNOPSIS
9 void bzero (char *to, int count)
11 DESCRIPTION
12 Zero COUNT bytes of memory pointed to by TO.
14 BUGS
15 Significant speed enhancements may be made in some environments
16 by zeroing more than a single byte at a time, or by unrolling the
17 loop.
22 void
23 bzero (to, count)
24 char *to;
25 int count;
27 while (count-- > 0)
29 *to++ = 0;