[geeks] Showing values used by a jvm - I am not getting something

[Brian Dunbar]

On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 4:23 PM, Andrew Jones <andrew at jones.ec> wrote:
> On 02/28/2013 04:49 PM, Brian Dunbar wrote:
>>
>>
>> I want to cry BS because you have not _changed_ anything, but ... I
>> don't know everything.  Is using process status actually _not_ the
>> right way to see at a glance what variables java is running?  Is there
>> something going here that I don't know about?
>>
>
> I agree with you that it looks like nothing has changed, but there is an
> easy way to settle this.
>
> Use 'jconsole' to attach to the java process with JMX.  On the "VM Summary"
> tab it gives you the maximum heap as reported by Java itself.

Thanks to both of you.  I've sent a nicely worded response back to the
nice SE asking her to explain to me.  I omitted ps -ef dumps, and
output of cat, as this - in the past - caused her to reset and send
directions for their windows product.

Tomorrow .. I'll plug in jconsole.

Tonight I need to put my feet up and watch the rest of Arrested Development.

-- 
Brian Dunbar

"Display some adaptability"