When executing an external app, how do I keep stdout with its child process

Question

I running an external application from java, but I want the stdout to remain with the child process. This app spawns its own output window where it displays its own output and error messages. I'm running the app using the following code:
Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(command, null, workingDirectory);
But the Process class grabs the stdout and stderr of the application it runs and holds on to them.
Any suggestions on how can I still run the program without Java grabbing the application's stdout and stderr streams?

Answer 1

In Windows, this works for me.
I don't remember why it is so convoluted, but this is what I came up with:
// Closes after completion
Runtime.getRuntime().exec(
        new String[] { "cmd", "/C", "start", "/WAIT", "cmd", "/C", command } ).waitFor();
// Waits for you to close the command prompt window
Runtime.getRuntime().exec(
         new String[] { "cmd", "/C", "start", "/WAIT", "cmd", "/K", command } ).waitFor();where command can be any internal command, executable, batch file.
Edited by: baftos on Feb 2, 2009 4:31 PM