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ripper234
ripper234

Reputation: 230038

What do -XX:-PrintGC and XX:-PrintGCDetails flags do?

I found the JVM flags here. Is there a more detailed explaination of what exactly they do?

Upvotes: 16

Views: 57765

Answers (2)

Jé Queue
Jé Queue

Reputation: 10637

Rather on Sun's, use -Xloggc:gc.log to log to a file, -verbose:gc is also a common switch for this.

Also, ensure -XX:+PrintGCDetails and -XX:+PrintGCTimeStamps (note the plus + sign). The timestamp switch is redundant but good to include.

Upvotes: 9

David Rabinowitz
David Rabinowitz

Reputation: 30448

Setting this flags writes all the garbage collections made by the JVM to a log file (or stdout, but then it is less useful), and these can be analysed by tools such as the ones mentioned here. Using this information you can fine tune your garbage collection configuration.

Upvotes: 9

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