Limit memory option?

[3DTOPO]

Greetings,

I am just getting up to speed with ImageMagick and I am loving it!

Is there a limit memory option for the MagickWand API similar to the limit memory switch for the convert utility?

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convert -define registry:temporary-path=/data/tmp -limit memory 16mb

Thanks!

[magick]

Use an environment variable, see http://www.imagemagick.org/script/resou ... nvironment.

[3DTOPO]

Thanks for the link.

I am using MAGICK_MEMORY_LIMIT which works great, but I understand it also limits the disk pixel cache.

Is there a way to limit just the RAM and not the swap cache?

Thanks again!

[3DTOPO]

Apparently MAGICK_MEMORY_LIMIT seems to control the maximum pixel cache for the heap otherwise it caches to disk.

MAGICK_MAP_LIMIT seems to control the maximum pixel cache otherwise it caches to disk.

If MAP limit is not using memory from the heap, what is it using before it caches it to disk?