JDK-8250554 : Release Note: New Option Added to jcmd for Writing a gzipped Heap Dump
  • Type: Sub-task
  • Component: core-svc
  • Sub-Component: tools
  • Affected Version: 15
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Delivered
  • Submitted: 2020-07-24
  • Updated: 2021-05-14
  • Resolved: 2020-08-03
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JDK 15
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Description
A new integer option `gz` has been added to the `GC.heap_dump` diagnostic command. If it is specified, it will enable the gzip compression of the written heap dump. The supplied value is the compression level. It can range from 1 (fastest) to 9 (slowest, but best compression). The recommended level is 1.
Comments
This release note looks good.
01-08-2020