Use the JRUBY_OPTS
environment variable. JRUBY_OPTS
holds a list of arguments that are added to any arguments specified on the command line.
For example (on Linux):
$ jruby -v jruby 1.6.0.RC1 (ruby 1.8.7 patchlevel 330) (2011-01-10 769f847) (Java HotSp... $ export JRUBY_OPTS=--1.9 $ jruby -v jruby 1.6.0.RC1 (ruby 1.9.2 trunk 136) (2011-01-10 769f847) (Java HotSpot(TM... $ export JRUBY_OPTS=--1.8 $ jruby -v jruby 1.6.0.RC1 (ruby 1.8.7 patchlevel 330) (2011-01-10 769f847) (Java HotSpo...