Spawn a process in Java that survives a JVM shutdown

Question

I need to spawn a process in Java (under Linux exclusively) that will continue to run after the JVM has exited. How can I do this?

Basically the Java app should sp

Answer 1

If you're looking at making an updater on Linux, you're probably barking up the wrong tree. I believe all major linux distros have a package manager built in. You should use the package manager to do your updating. Nothing frustrates me more than programs that try to self-update... (I'm looking at you, Eclipse)