Settings default JVM heap size

From: Harpstein (mharp_at_seapine.com)
Date: 12/11/03 

Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 14:27:24 -0500

Hello all,

I'm trying to figure out how to set the JVM max heap size default.

I know about java -Xmx but I'm trying to run an Ant task and "java -Xmx256m
ant ..." is not working so I'm kinda lost.

Isn't there some kind of config file I can add for the JVM everytime it
starts up? Everything I've found on Google just tells people to use
java -Xmx<size> class but I don't think that applies to me.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

harpstein

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