ImageMagick (legacy) – MagickWand, C API: Command-line Interface
Author: ImageMagick Studio LLC
Description: Create, Edit, Compose, or Convert Digital Images
Keywords: magickwc, api:, command-line, interface, image processing software

## MagickCommandGenesis

MagickCommandGenesis() applies image processing options to an image as prescribed by command line options.

The format of the MagickCommandGenesis method is:

    MagickBooleanType MagickCommandGenesis(ImageInfo *image_info,
      MagickCommand command,int argc,char **argv,char **metadata,
      ExceptionInfo *exception)

A description of each parameter follows:

image_info
  the image info.
command
  Choose from ConvertImageCommand, IdentifyImageCommand, MogrifyImageCommand, CompositeImageCommand, CompareImageCommand, ConjureImageCommand, StreamImageCommand, ImportImageCommand, DisplayImageCommand, or AnimateImageCommand.
argc
  Specifies a pointer to an integer describing the number of elements in the argument vector.
argv
  Specifies a pointer to a text array containing the command line arguments.
metadata
  any metadata is returned here.
exception
  return any errors or warnings in this structure.