FcDirCacheRead(3)

✨ FcDirCacheRead(3) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the FcDirCacheRead glow-up 💅 this is section 3 of the manual, and honestly? iconic. it's all about fonts, caches, and making your directory look fly. let's get into it 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

FcDirCacheRead — literally reads or constructs a directory cache, no cap 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>

FcCache * FcDirCacheRead (const FcChar8 *dir, FcBool force, FcConfig *config);

like, look at that signature. it's giving main character energy 👑

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so here's the tea, bestie ☕ this function returns a cache for dir — that's the directory you're pointing it at, periodt.

now the force part is where it gets juicy 🍓:

• if force is FcFalse, then an existing, valid cache file will be used — like, it's already slaying, so we just reuse it 💅
• otherwise (so, if force is anything else), a new cache will be created by scanning the directory and that returned — fresh cache, fresh vibes, we're building it ourselves ✨

ngl, that's the whole vibe check right there: reuse the good one, or make a whole new one by scanning. no skipping the scan, no guessing. that's how the cache rolls 💀

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🫶 a lil sign-off 🫶

and that's the whole page, bestie! this lil manual moment came to you from Fontconfig 2.17.0, dated 27 June 2025 — remember the date, it's giving timestamped excellence 📅✨

hope you understood it fr fr, go forth and cache those directories 💜🧚