NAME

FcAtomicCreate - create an FcAtomic object

SYNOPSIS

#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>

FcAtomic * FcAtomicCreate(const FcChar8 *file);
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DESCRIPTION

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.