deepak poola writes: > Hello , > well i tried to do -J-Xmx256m .. but it did not help. this is what i did : > > [root@localhost ~]# java -J-Xmx256m > Unrecognized option: -J-Xmx256m > Could not create the Java virtual machine. > is the syntax right... i was not sure i actually tried with javac > also ... i did this ; > > [root@localhost ~]# javac -J-Xmx256m > Usage: javac <options> <source files> You have to give javac a file to compile. Andrew.