/usr/share/misc : Miscellaneous architecture-independent data

This directory contains miscellaneous architecture-independent files which don't require a separate subdirectory under /usr/share.

The following files, or symbolic links to files, must be in /usr/share/misc, if the corresponding subsystem is installed:

File Description
ascii ASCII character set table (optional)
magic Default list of magic numbers for the file command (optional)
termcap Terminal capability database (optional)
termcap.db Terminal capability database (optional)

Other (application-specific) files may appear here, but a distributor may place them in /usr/lib at their discretion.