Java HotSpot Virtual Machine

Hi

The JVM option -Xloggc:gc.log
Version : Java 1.6

Issue replication :

A fresh gc.log
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$ file gc.log
gc.log: ASCII text, with very long lines

After nullyfying the gc.log file
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$ cat /dev/null > gc.log

file gc.log
gc.log: data

Try to open the file
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$ less gc.log
"gc.log" may be a binary file. See it anyway?

you get all kinds of null characters in the beginning of the file.

The only way to read the file is via tail.

Does JVM has any option for effectively rotating gc.log file without introducing null characters.


-- Jeljo