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NAME
       arena - 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
       interpreter 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)