On 18 Dec 2014, at 2:05, Graham Allan wrote: > I also get that same error when I run "java -v", it's just that '-v' is an > invalid argument, the correct flag is '-version' (assuming that's what you > intended): > > $ java -v > Unrecognized option: -v > Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine. > Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit. > $ java -version > java version "1.7.0\_21" > Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0\_21-b11) > Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.21-b01, mixed mode)
It amuses to this day that this has never been fixed. No one in hell should that be a "fatal exception" - I understand why it is, but that message has always seemed overly....dramatic. -- Mark Derricutt http://www.theoryinpractice.net http://plus.google.com/+MarkDerricutt http://twitter.com/talios http://facebook.com/mderricutt -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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