[A-a-p-user] setting variable to output of a program?

[Matthew W. O. <mat...@we...>]

I have built a perl script that scans through a directory tree in order
to return a space-separated list of source files. How can I set a
variable to use this output?

I've tried:

    SRCFILES =
        :sys $COMPILER -t src -E '(AAPDIR|CVS)'

but this doesn't work, nor does:

    SRCFILES << 
        :sys $COMPILER -t src -E '(AAPDIR|CVS)'

Do I need to use a python directive to run a sys command:

    SRCFILES = `execstatement...`

If so, what should this be?

Thanks!

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