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Resource Usage And Limitation

This chapter describes functions for examining how much of various kinds of resources (CPU time, memory, etc.) a process has used and getting and setting limits on future usage.

• Resource Usage: Measuring various resources used.
• Limits on Resources: Specifying limits on resource usage.
• Priority: Reading or setting process run priority.
• Memory Resources: Querying memory available resources.
• Processor Resources: Learn about the processors available.