FcAtomicCreate(3)

FcAtomicCreate3

Create an fcatomic object

Usage

#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>

FcAtomic * FcAtomicCreate (const FcChar8 *file);

Overview

Creates a data structure containing data needed to control access to file. Writing is done to a separate file. Once that file is complete, the original configuration file is atomically replaced so that reading process always see a consistent and complete file without the need to lock for reading.

Releases

12 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 10 times.

  1. 3.1
  2. 4.0
  3. 5.0
  4. 6.0
  5. 7
  6. 8–9
  7. 10
  8. 11
  9. 12
  10. 13
  11. Arch

From fontconfig 2:2.18.3-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.