FcStrDirname(3)

💅 FcStrDirname(3) — the FcStrDirname manual, bestie ✨

🎀 NAME 🎀

FcStrDirname — directory part of filename

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>

FcChar8 * FcStrDirname (const FcChar8 *file);

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so FcStrDirname returns the directory containing file. Iconic. It hands you that directory in newly allocated storage, which you should free when you no longer need it — yes, bestie, that means you gotta clean up after yourself 💖

no cap: the storage is newly allocated, so don’t just leave it hanging around forever 🫶

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mwah 💋 — Fontconfig 2.17.0, 27 June 2025