Runtime.getRunTime().exec not behaving like C language “system()” command

Question

In \"C\", I can run a long blocking process in the background (AND HAVE IT CONTINUE TO RUN) after the starting process has exited.

void main(void)
{
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Answer 1

EDIT:

Have your tried this?

Runtime.getRuntime().exec("/bin/sh -c /usr/X11/bin/xterm &")

This worked for me on MacOS.

Previous answer (JDK 1.5, apologies for not reading the question correctly):

To execute a process without waiting you can use the ProcessBuilder

ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder("/usr/X11/bin/xterm");
pb.start();