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.TH @G@SOELIM @MAN1EXT@ "@MDATE@" "Groff Version @VERSION@"
.SH NAME
@g@soelim \- interpret .so requests in groff input
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B @g@soelim
[
.B \-Cv
]
[
.BI \-I dir
]
[
.IR files \|.\|.\|.\|
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B @g@soelim
reads
.I files
and replaces lines of the form
.IP
.BI .so\  file
.LP
by the contents of
.IR file .
It is useful if files included with
.B so
need to be preprocessed.
Normally,
.B @g@soelim
should be invoked with the
.B \-s
option of
.BR groff .
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-C
Recognize
.B .so
even when followed by a character other than space or newline.
.TP
.BI \-I dir
This option may be used to specify a directory to search for
files (both those on the command line and those named in
.B \&.so
lines).
The current directory is always searched first.
This option may be specified more than once,
the directories will be searched in the order specified.
No directory search is performed for files specified using an absolute path.
.TP
.B \-v
Print the version number.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR groff (@MAN1EXT@)