vmargs

Modify JVM args from inside the JVM

Is there a way to modify the jvm args from inside of the jvm? Specifically, I want to be able to change the maximum heap size of the jvm from inside of it. Is this possible? Edit: I guess I should add the reason I wanted to do this. I have a few Java programs that are run on different machines/platforms. These programs have configur...

Eclipse Galileo/Windows/Java memory woes

In short, I have 8G of memory and eclipse/java is dying after the splash screen when I try to set the vmargs to something reasonable, like -Xms512m -Xmx2048m. In long: I'm running XP Pro x64, v. 2003, SP2. I'm attempting to use scala with eclipse, and in the interest of being up-to-date, I downloaded a recent Galileo for RCP/Plug-in ...