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Provide better documentation on java command @file support #5824

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headius opened this issue Aug 9, 2019 · 1 comment
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Provide better documentation on java command @file support #5824

headius opened this issue Aug 9, 2019 · 1 comment
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JRuby 9.2.9.0

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headius commented Aug 9, 2019

I was reminded today that the standard OpenJDK java command supports a special syntax to indicate there are Java options in a file:

java @path/to/opts_file.txt ...

Currently we only advise people to use -J flags or JAVA_OPTS environment variable. If we made this feature more visible, it would allow people to easily customize their Java options.

Some ideas:

  • Always look for a particular file in the current directory, similar to how we look for .jrubyrc. The file could be .jruby.java_opts and if present, it will be added to the Java command line.
  • Update all documentation that mentions JRUBY_OPTS to document the @file syntax and the above dotfile

Other thoughts?
@headius headius added this to the JRuby 9.2.8.0 milestone Aug 9, 2019
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Add home and pwd .jruby.java_opts files to java cli.
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This implements the dotfile idea from jruby#5824 in our bash launcher.
The order of precedence for options, indicated by their position
in the java command line, goes as follows:

* home dir .jruby.java_opts
* current dir .jruby.java_opts
* JAVA_OPTS environment variable
* command line flags

This allows users to set up global, local, and environment-based
java options but still override those at the command line.

An equivalent change will need to go into jruby-launcher.
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headius commented Oct 16, 2019

This is in! The PR is merged and we will include wiki updates and clear release notes to that effect.

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