> How do I do to tell POVray to perform scene file parsing only?

IMPPOV can do this via the +DEP command line option:

http://www.imp.org/members/tech/rcast/imppovray.asp

Automatic scene dependency reporting 

Pov-ray will report the set of files required to render a scene. 
Ultimately, this feature will be developed to provide render farmers 
with the minimal set of files required for a each frame of animation. 
Note that dependencies require the scene to be parsed, but no 
raytacing needs to be performed. If Pov-ray is in dependency mode 
"+DEP", no image-maps will be read from disk, and are logically 
substituted by a single white pixel.

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Nigel Stewart (nig### [at] nigelscom)
Research Student, Software Developer
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