arena(1)arena(1)NAMEarena - scripting language interpreter
SYNOPSIS
/usr/local/bin/arena [ options ] script [ script options ]
DESCRIPTION
The arena program is an interpreter for the Arena scripting language.
It uses the first non-option argument as the script file to interpret
and passes all following command line options to the script.
Option processing can be aborted by using the special option --. The
next command line argument will be taken as the script to execute even
if it matches a regular interpreter option.
OPTIONS-h or --help
Display a short option summary.
-V or --version
Display the version number of the interpreter.
-c or --check
Perform only syntax checking. The script will be read and parsed
by the interpreter. Syntax errors will be reported, but the
script is not executed on a successful parse.
-d or --dump
Dump script contents on standard output. The script will be read
an parsed by the interpreter, but not executed. Instead, the
interpreter prints out its internal parse tree of the script,
converted back into Arena source code. Comments from the input
script may be missing, and some language constructs may be
expanded to a different form.
This option is intended for debugging the interpreter itself, in
the case that it misinterprets a script.
DIAGNOSTICS
If a syntax or runtime error occurs, the exit status of the interpreter
is 1 and a diagnostic message is printed on standard error.
If no syntax or runtime error occurs, the exit status of the inter‐
preter is that of the script executed. Note that some debugging options
of the interpreter itself will preclude the script from running. In
that case the exit status is 0.
AUTHOR
Pascal Schmidt
18 May 2006 arena(1)
