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  10 <A NAME="sect0" HREF="#toc0"><H2>NAME</H2></A>
  11 luac - Lua compiler<P>
  12
  13 <A NAME="sect1" HREF="#toc1"><H2>SYNOPSIS</H2></A>
  14 luac [ -c | -u ] [ -d ] [ -l ] [ -p ] [ -q ] [ -v ] [ -o <I>outputfile</I> ] <I>sourcefile</I> ...<P>
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  16 <A NAME="sect2" HREF="#toc2"><H2>DESCRIPTION</H2></A>
  17 luac is the Lua compiler. It translates programs written in the Lua programming language into binary files that can be loaded and executed with lua_dofile in C or dofile in Lua.<P>
  18 luac produces a single output file containing the bytecode for all named source files. By default, the output file is named luac.out, but you can change this with the -o option.<P>
  19 You can use &quot;-&quot; to indicate stdin as a source file.<P>
  20 luac can also load and list binary files.<P>
  21
  22 <A NAME="sect3" HREF="#toc3"><H2>OPTIONS</H2></A>
  23 <dl>
  24 <dt>-c <dd>       compile (this is the default).<P>
  25 </dd>
  26 </dl>
  27 <dl>
  28 <dt>-u <dd>       undump.<P>
  29 </dd>
  30 </dl>
  31 <dl>
  32 <dt>-d <dd>       turns debugging on.<P>
  33 </dd>
  34 </dl>
  35 <dl>
  36 <dt>-l <dd>       produces a listing of the compiled bytecode for Lua's virtual machine. This is the default when undumping.<P>
  37 </dd>
  38 </dl>
  39 <dl>
  40 <dt>-p <dd>       parses sources files but does not generate any output file.<P>
  41 </dd>
  42 </dl>
  43 <dl>
  44 <dt>-q <dd>       quiet; procudes no listing. This is the default when compiling.<P>
  45 </dd>
  46 </dl>
  47 <dl>
  48 <dt>-v <dd>       prints version information.<P>
  49 </dd>
  50 </dl>
  51 <dl>
  52 <dt>-o <I>outputfile</I><dd> Name the output file <I>output</I>, instead of the default luac.out. The output file cannot be a source file.<P>
  53 </dd>
  54 </dl>
  55
  56 <A NAME="sect4" HREF="#toc4"><H2>FILES</H2></A>
  57 <dl>
  58 <dt>luac.out <dd>           default output file<P>
  59 </dd>
  60 </dl>
  61
  62 <A NAME="sect5" HREF="#toc5"><H2>SEE ALSO</H2></A>
  63 <A HREF="http://localhost/cgi-bin/man2html?lua?1">lua(1)</A><P>
  64 <I>Reference</I> <I>Manual</I> <I>of</I> <I>the</I> <I>Programming</I> <I>Language</I> <I>Lua</I><P>
  65
  66 <A NAME="sect6" HREF="#toc6"><H2>DIAGNOSTICS</H2></A>
  67 Error messages should be self explanatory.<P>
  68
  69 <A NAME="sect7" HREF="#toc7"><H2>BUGS</H2></A>
  70 Inherits any bugs from Lua, but Lua has no bugs...<P>
  71
  72 <A NAME="sect8" HREF="#toc8"><H2>AUTHORS</H2></A>
  73 W. Celes, R. Ierusalimschy &amp; L. H. de Figueiredo (lua@tecgraf.puc-rio.br)<P>
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  76 <A NAME="toc"><B>Table of Contents</B></A><P>
  77 <UL>
  78 <LI><A NAME="toc0" HREF="#sect0">NAME</A></LI>
  79 <LI><A NAME="toc1" HREF="#sect1">SYNOPSIS</A></LI>
  80 <LI><A NAME="toc2" HREF="#sect2">DESCRIPTION</A></LI>
  81 <LI><A NAME="toc3" HREF="#sect3">OPTIONS</A></LI>
  82 <LI><A NAME="toc4" HREF="#sect4">FILES</A></LI>
  83 <LI><A NAME="toc5" HREF="#sect5">SEE ALSO</A></LI>
  84 <LI><A NAME="toc6" HREF="#sect6">DIAGNOSTICS</A></LI>
  85 <LI><A NAME="toc7" HREF="#sect7">BUGS</A></LI>
  86 <LI><A NAME="toc8" HREF="#sect8">AUTHORS</A></LI>
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