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+.\" $Id: luac.man,v 1.3 1996/03/28 20:24:55 lhf Exp $
+.TH LUAC 1 "12 March 1996"
+.SH NAME
+luac \- Lua compiler
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B luac
+[
+.B \-dlpv
+]
+[
+.B \-o 
+.I outputfile
+]
+.I sourcefile
+\&.\|.\|.
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B luac
+is the Lua compiler. 
+It translates programs written in the Lua programming language
+into binary files that can be loaded and executed with
+.B lua_dofile
+in C or
+.B dofile
+in Lua.
+
+.BR luac
+produces a single output file containing the bytecode
+for all named source files.
+By default,
+the output file is named
+.BR luac.out ,
+but you can change this with the
+.B \-o 
+option.
+
+You can use "-" to indicate stdin as a source file.
+.SH OPTIONS
+.LP
+.TP 1i
+.B \-d
+turns debugging on.
+.TP
+.B \-l
+produces a listing of the compiled bytecode for Lua's virtual machine.
+.TP
+.B \-p
+parses sources files but does not generate any output file.
+.TP
+.B \-v
+prints version information.
+.TP
+.BI \-o " outputfile"
+Name the output file
+.IR output ,
+instead of the default
+.BR luac.out .
+The output file cannot be a source file.
+.SH FILES
+.PD 0
+.TP 20
+.B luac.out
+default output file
+.PD
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.BR lua (1)
+.LP
+.IR "Reference Manual of the Programming Language Lua"
+.SH DIAGNOSTICS
+Error messages should be self explanatory.
+.SH BUGS
+Inherits any bugs from Lua,
+but Lua has no bugs...
+.SH AUTHORS
+W. Celes, R. Ierusalimschy & L. H. de Figueiredo
+(lua@icad.puc-rio.br)