os:cmd/1 and binary output (PATCH)

[Daniel Neri]

        Hi,

I just happened to try using os:cmd/1 to collect the output of a
program producing binary data. As the current implementation doesn't
allow this, I propose a minor change (which actually simplifies things
a wee bit):

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(The problem only affects Erlang running on Unix.)


Best wishes,
    --Daniel

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