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MagickFalse is returned if the specified resource is exhausted otherwise MagickTrue.</p> <p>The format of the AcquireMagickResource() method is:</p> <pre class="code"> MagickBooleanType AcquireMagickResource(const ResourceType type, const MagickSizeType size) </pre> <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p> <h5>type</h5> <p>the type of resource.</p> <h5>size</h5> <p>the number of bytes needed from for this resource.</p> </div> <h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/resource_8c.html" id="AcquireUniqueFileResource">AcquireUniqueFileResource</a></h2> <div class="doc-section"> <p>AcquireUniqueFileResource() returns a unique file name, and returns a file descriptor for the file open for reading and writing.</p> <p>The format of the AcquireUniqueFileResource() method is:</p> <pre class="code"> int AcquireUniqueFileResource(char *path) </pre> <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p> <h5> path</h5> <p>Specifies a pointer to an array of characters. The unique path name is returned in this array.</p> </div> <h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/resource_8c.html" id="GetMagickResource">GetMagickResource</a></h2> <div class="doc-section"> <p>GetMagickResource() returns the specified resource.</p> <p>The format of the GetMagickResource() method is:</p> <pre class="code"> MagickSizeType GetMagickResource(const ResourceType type) </pre> <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p> <h5>type</h5> <p>the type of resource.</p> </div> <h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/resource_8c.html" id="GetMagickResourceLimit">GetMagickResourceLimit</a></h2> <div class="doc-section"> <p>GetMagickResourceLimit() returns the specified resource limit.</p> <p>The format of the GetMagickResourceLimit() method is:</p> <pre class="code"> MagickSizeType GetMagickResourceLimit(const ResourceType type) </pre> <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p> <h5>type</h5> <p>the type of resource.</p> </div> <h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/resource_8c.html" id="ListMagickResourceInfo">ListMagickResourceInfo</a></h2> <div class="doc-section"> <p>ListMagickResourceInfo() lists the resource info to a file.</p> <p>The format of the ListMagickResourceInfo method is:</p> <pre class="code"> MagickBooleanType ListMagickResourceInfo(FILE *file, ExceptionInfo *exception) </pre> <p>A description of each parameter follows.</p> <h5>file</h5> <p>An pointer to a FILE.</p> <h5>exception</h5> <p>return any errors or warnings in this structure.</p> </div> <h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/resource_8c.html" id="RelinquishMagickResource">RelinquishMagickResource</a></h2> <div class="doc-section"> <p>RelinquishMagickResource() relinquishes resources of the specified type.</p> <p>The format of the RelinquishMagickResource() method is:</p> <pre class="code"> void RelinquishMagickResource(const ResourceType type, const MagickSizeType size) </pre> <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p> <h5>type</h5> <p>the type of resource.</p> <h5>size</h5> <p>the size of the resource.</p> </div> <h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/resource_8c.html" id="RelinquishUniqueFileResource">RelinquishUniqueFileResource</a></h2> <div class="doc-section"> <p>RelinquishUniqueFileResource() relinquishes a unique file resource.</p> <p>The format of the RelinquishUniqueFileResource() method is:</p> <pre class="code"> MagickBooleanType RelinquishUniqueFileResource(const char *path) </pre> <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p> <h5>name</h5> <p>the name of the temporary resource.</p> </div> <h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/resource_8c.html" id="SetMagickResourceLimit">SetMagickResourceLimit</a></h2> <div class="doc-section"> <p>SetMagickResourceLimit() sets the limit for a particular resource.</p> <p>The format of the SetMagickResourceLimit() method is:</p> <pre class="code"> MagickBooleanType SetMagickResourceLimit(const ResourceType type, const MagickSizeType limit) </pre> <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p> <h5>type</h5> <p>the type of resource.</p> <h5>limit</h5> <p>the maximum limit for the resource.</p> </div> </div> <div id="linkbar"> <span id="linkbar-west"> </span> <span id="linkbar-center"> <a href="http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x89AB63D48277377A">Public Key</a> • <a href="../../discourse-server">Discourse Server</a> • <a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/MagickStudio/scripts/MagickStudio.cgi">Studio</a> • <a href="http://jqmagick.imagemagick.org/">JqMagick</a> </span> <span id="linkbar-east"> </span> </div> <div class="footer"> <span id="footer-west">© 1999-2013 ImageMagick Studio LLC</span> <span id="footer-east"> <a href="../../www/contact.html">Contact the Wizards</a></span> </div> <div style="clear: both; margin: 0; width: 100%; "></div> </body> </html>