Using -XX:HeapDumpPath option but want to integrate the process id

Question

When using -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError the JVM will not overwrite the heap dump if there is already a dump file under the specified path. I want to be able

Answer 1

That can be a path to a file OR directory. If you have a path to a directory, the generated file name will have pid in it by default.

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