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Java Java Basics Getting Started with Java Strings and Variables

Larry (Bo) Arrington
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Larry (Bo) Arrington
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Posted by Larry (Bo) Arrington
Larry (Bo) Arrington
Courses Plus Student 3,787 Points

Printing to console error messages

I get the following messages when I enter javac <program name.java> and java <program name>

Picked up JAVA_TOOL-Options: -Xmx128m Picked up _JAVA_OPTIONS: -Xmx128m

This is the first program where I am prinintg out a text message.

2 Answers

Jeff Hill
Jeff Hill
751 Points
Jeff Hill
Jeff Hill
751 Points

On the Introduction to Your Tools video page, Craig writes

" It's not an error! Not to worry, the Picked up JAVA_TOOL_OPTONS: -Xmx128m is not an error on your part, we recently just tweaked our setup to have more memory allocated. Don't fret that mine looks different!"