Java Garbage Collection Logging: Difference between revisions
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Enables printing of messages at every GC. By default, this option is disabled, but [[]] turns it on implicitly. | |||
Revision as of 03:17, 13 February 2017
Internal
Command Line Options
Java 8
Overview
In Java 8, GC logging is enabled with the -Xloggc:<file> (see below). The actual -XX values the JVM operates with are displayed at the top of the log file:
... CommandLine flags: -XX:InitialHeapSize=268435456 -XX:MaxHeapSize=4294967296 -XX:+PrintGC -XX:+PrintGCTimeStamps -XX:+UseCompressedClassPointers -XX:+UseCompressedOops -XX:+UseParallelGC ...
Options
-Xloggc
-Xloggc:<file>
where <file> can be absolute or relative. In case of a relative path, it is relative to the current directory.
-XX:+PrintGC
-XX:+PrintGC
Enables printing of messages at every GC. By default, this option is disabled, but [[]] turns it on implicitly.
-verbose:gc
-XX:+PrintGCDetails
-XX:+PrintGCDateStamps
-XX:+UseGCLogFileRotation
-XX:NumberOfGCLogFiles=5
-XX:GCLogFileSize=3M