How to set HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError and HeapDumpPath in startup.bat file on Windows XP

Question

Where are the HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError and HeapDumpPath params set in the startup.bat file for Tomcat on a Windows PC? I put both params in the file as follows :

set JAVA_OPTS=-Xms100m -Xmx192m
-XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError 
-XX:HeapDumpPath=c:\jakarta-tomcat\webapps

call "%EXECUTABLE%" start %CMD_LINE_ARGS%

:end

Is that the area where those params should go? I'm getting the following message when I startup Tomcat > The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

I'm not sure what part of the statement is incorrect. What am I missing here?

Answer 1

If you want to split a command into several lines, you have to escape the newlines.

set JAVA_OPTS=-Xms100m -Xmx192m ^
-XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError ^
-XX:HeapDumpPath=c:\jakarta-tomcat\webapps