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@@ -27,7 +27,18 @@
See
running Jalview from the command line
for more information.
+
+
Jalview processes arguments on the command line sequentially. If
+ you would like to pass a 'JVL' file containing
+ memory settings or any other launch
+ parameters, then include it at the beginning of the command line to
+ ensure they are processed before any remaining arguments.
+ Typical command line execution follows the following pattern:
+
+ jalview -open <Alignment File/URL> [additional import arguments] [export arguments] ++
-nodisplay |
@@ -35,7 +46,11 @@
User Interface. (automatically disables questionnaire, version
and usage stats checks)
|
-open FILE/URL |
+ Specify the alignment file to
+ open or process by providing additional arguments. |
+
-props FILE/URL |
Use the given Jalview properties
@@ -219,6 +234,25 @@
|
-jvmmempc=PERCENT |
+ Only available with standalone executable jar or jalview.bin.Launcher.
+ Limit maximum heap size (memory) to PERCENT% of total physical memory detected.
+ This defaults to 90 if total physical memory can be detected.
+ See Memory usage settings for Jalview for more details.
+
+ |
+
-jvmmemmax=MAXMEMORY |
+ Only available with standalone executable jar or jalview.bin.Launcher.
+ Limit maximum heap size (memory) to MAXMEMORY. MAXMEMORY can be specified in bytes, kilobytes(k), megabytes(m),
+ gigabytes(g) or if you're lucky enough, terabytes(t).
+ This defaults to 32g if total physical memory can be detected, or to 8g if total physical memory cannot be detected.
+ See Memory usage settings for Jalview for more details.
+
+ |
+