increase the java heap size permanently?

Asked 2009-05-19T03:38:13.097

Is there a way that I can set the default heap size for the jvm on my own computer? I want to set it to 1g, because I'm always running custom programs that always hit the overage point in the default jvm size.

I just dont want to have to remember to type -XmX1g everytime I run my java app from the command line...

There has to be an admin way to do this right?

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Apparently, _JAVA_OPTIONS works on Linux, too:

$ export _JAVA_OPTIONS="-Xmx1g"
$ java -jar jconsole.jar &
Picked up _JAVA_OPTIONS: -Xmx1g

answered 2009-10-02T10:00:40.953

what platform are you running?..
if its unix, maybe adding

alias java='java -Xmx1g'

to .bashrc (or similar) work

edit: Changing XmX to Xmx

answered 2009-05-19T03:48:34.037

increase the java heap size permanently?

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