Specific Options
The following directories, or symbolic links to directories, must be in /usr/share, if the corresponding subsystem is installed:
| Directory | Description |
|---|---|
| dict | Word lists (optional) |
| doc | Miscellaneous documentation (optional) |
| games | Static data files for /usr/games (optional) |
| info | GNU Info system s primary directory (optional) |
| locale | Locale information (optional) |
| nls | Message catalogs for Native language support (optional) |
| sgml | SGML data (optional) |
| terminfo | Directories for terminfo database (optional) |
| tmac | troff macros not distributed with groff (optional) |
| xml | XML data (optional) |
| zoneinfo | Timezone information and configuration (optional) |
It is recommended that application-specific, architecture-independent directories be placed here. Such directories include groff, perl, ghostscript, texmf, and kbd (Linux) or syscons (BSD). They may, however, be placed in /usr/lib for backwards compatibility, at the distributor's discretion. Similarly, a /usr/lib/games hierarchy may be used in addition to the /usr/share/games hierarchy if the distributor wishes to place some game data there.