NAME
luac - Lua compiler
SYNOPSIS
luac [ -c | -u ] [ -d ] [ -l ] [ -p ] [ -q ] [ -v ] [ -o outputfile ] sourcefile ...
DESCRIPTION
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.
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.
You can use "-" to indicate stdin as a source file.
luac can also load and list binary files.
Reference Manual of the Programming Language Lua
DIAGNOSTICS
Error messages should be self explanatory.
BUGS
Inherits any bugs from Lua, but Lua has no bugs...
AUTHORS
W. Celes, R. Ierusalimschy & L. H. de Figueiredo (lua@tecgraf.puc-rio.br)