Executing external native processes using exec

Hi,
I am running an external process in the normal way (i.e using Runtime.exec to reutrn a process object, using process.waitfor() to wait for return code etc). However, what I need is for the external process to continue running after my java application has exitted. So far I have been unable to do this � it seems the external process is still somehow a child of my Java process.
Does anyone have any idea how to do this, or even if it is possible?
Thanks in advance!

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