1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libbb/nuke_str.c b/libbb/nuke_str.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56b808b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libbb/nuke_str.c
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
+/*
+ * Utility routines.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Denys Vlasenko
+ *
+ * Licensed under GPLv2, see file LICENSE in this source tree.
+ */
+
+//kbuild:lib-y += nuke_str.o
+
+#include "libbb.h"
+
+void FAST_FUNC nuke_str(char *str)
+{
+        if (str) {
+		while (*str)
+			*str++ = 0;
+		/* or: memset(str, 0, strlen(str)); - not as small as above */
+	}
+}