Permanently removing a JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS environment variable

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Permanently removing a JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS environment variable

I am trying to run jake on OS X 10.6.4 but get the message Narwhal on Rhino requires Java 1.5 or higher. You have JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS:.-Xmx512m. This is left over from a previous project where someone told me to set it to get Flash to export without dying.

I have java 1.6 installed. The JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS seems to be the issue. I removed it using unset JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS. This worked until I reopened Terminal. The JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS environment variable comes back.

Any ideas on how I can permanently get rid of this?

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You probably set it in the .bashrc or .profile file in your homedirectory, remove it from there and you should be fine when you start a new terminal.

Simon Groenewolt 2010-06-24 14:46:53

Unfortunately I have neither of those files in my home directory. I have .bash_profile which doesn't contain any java declarations. I checked the bashrc file in /etc but there's no java stuff in their.Is there anywhere else that it could be set?

2010-06-24 16:44:15

There is also the possibility that you created a ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist file to set it. Otherwise, if you are not in a hurry you could search your whole filesystem for the JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS string: use `grep -rI JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS /` (-r = recursive, -I = ignore binary files) .. that will take quite some time to execute though.

Simon Groenewolt 2010-06-24 21:11:32

Good suggestion. There was indeed a ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist file and it contained an entry of JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS=-Xmx512m. It did require that I remove it then restart but it worked. Thanks for your help.

2010-06-25 09:58:19

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