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26.Dd November 12, 2019
27.Os
28.Dt REGISTERVM 1
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm registervm ,
31.Nm unregistervm
32.Nd register/unregister a Java VM
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.Nm
35.Ar /path/to/java
36.Nm unregistervm
37.Ar /path/to/java
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39The
40.Nm registervm
41and
42.Nm unregistervm
43utilities allow a Java VM to be registered and unregistered as a possible
44Java VM that
45.Nm javavm
46can use.
47The registration process places the registered VM in the Java VM wrapper
48configuration file in sorted order.
49When unregistering the Java VM is removed from the Java VM wrapper
50configuration file and will no longer be a possible choice for
51.Nm javavm .
52.Sh FILES
53.Bl -tag -width indent
54.It Pa %%PREFIX%%/etc/javavms
55The location of the Java VM wrapper configuration file.
56.El
57.Sh EXAMPLES
58.Bl -tag -width indent
59.It %%PREFIX%%/bin/registervm %%LOCALBASE%%/openjdk11/bin/java
60Register %%LOCALBASE%%/openjdk11/bin/java as a possible choice of
61Java VM for
62.Nm javavm .
63.It %%PREFIX%%/bin/unregistervm %%LOCALBASE%%/openjdk11/bin/java
64Remove %%LOCALBASE%%/openjdk11/bin/java as a possible choice of
65Java VM for
66.Nm javavm .
67.El
68.Sh SEE ALSO
69.Xr checkvms 1 ,
70.Xr javavm 1 ,
71.Xr javavms 5
72.Sh BUGS
73The
74.Nm
75and
76.Nm unregistervm
77utilities remove both blank lines and purely comment lines from
78the Java VM wrapper configuration file.
79