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.

AsynchronousResourceComponentTerminus() destroys the resource environment. It differs from ResourceComponentTerminus() in that it can be called from a asynchronous signal handler.

The format of the ResourceComponentTerminus() method is:

  ResourceComponentTerminus(void)

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() 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.

GetMagickResource() 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() 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() 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() 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() 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.