ImageMagick: MagickCore, C API for ImageMagick: Monitor or Limit Resource Consumption
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# Module resource Methods

## AcquireMagickResource

AcquireMagickResource() acquires resources of the specified type. MagickFalse is returned if the specified resource is exhausted otherwise MagickTrue.

The format of the AcquireMagickResource() method is:

      MagickBooleanType AcquireMagickResource(const ResourceType type,
        const MagickSizeType size)

A description of each parameter follows:

##### type

the type of resource.

##### size

the number of bytes needed from for this resource.

## AcquireUniqueFileResource

AcquireUniqueFileResource() returns a unique file name, and returns a file descriptor for the file open for reading and writing.

The format of the AcquireUniqueFileResource() method is:

      int AcquireUniqueFileResource(char *path)

A description of each parameter follows:

##### path

Specifies a pointer to an array of characters. The unique path name is returned in this array.

## GetMagickResource

GetMagickResource() returns the specified resource.

The format of the GetMagickResource() method is:

      MagickSizeType GetMagickResource(const ResourceType type)

A description of each parameter follows:

##### type

the type of resource.

## GetMagickResourceLimit

GetMagickResourceLimit() returns the specified resource limit.

The format of the GetMagickResourceLimit() method is:

      MagickSizeType GetMagickResourceLimit(const ResourceType type)

A description of each parameter follows:

##### type

the type of resource.

## ListMagickResourceInfo

ListMagickResourceInfo() lists the resource info to a file.

The format of the ListMagickResourceInfo method is:

      MagickBooleanType ListMagickResourceInfo(FILE *file,
        ExceptionInfo *exception)

A description of each parameter follows.

##### file

An pointer to a FILE.

##### exception

return any errors or warnings in this structure.

## RelinquishMagickResource

RelinquishMagickResource() relinquishes resources of the specified type.

The format of the RelinquishMagickResource() method is:

      void RelinquishMagickResource(const ResourceType type,
        const MagickSizeType size)

A description of each parameter follows:

##### type

the type of resource.

##### size

the size of the resource.

## RelinquishUniqueFileResource

RelinquishUniqueFileResource() relinquishes a unique file resource.

The format of the RelinquishUniqueFileResource() method is:

      MagickBooleanType RelinquishUniqueFileResource(const char *path)

A description of each parameter follows:

##### name

the name of the temporary resource.

## SetMagickResourceLimit

SetMagickResourceLimit() sets the limit for a particular resource.

The format of the SetMagickResourceLimit() method is:

      MagickBooleanType SetMagickResourceLimit(const ResourceType type,
        const MagickSizeType limit)

A description of each parameter follows:

##### type

the type of resource.

##### limit

the maximum limit for the resource.

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