Filesystem Hierarchy Standard

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

The following files, if present, should be located under /usr/share/misc:

• { ascii, magic, termcap, termcap.db }

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

• { airport, birthtoken, eqnchar, getopt, gprof.callg, gprof.flat, inter.phone, ipfw.samp.filters, ipfw.samp.scripts, keycap.pcvt, mail.help, mail.tildehelp, man.template, map3270, mdoc.template, more.help, na.phone, nslookup.help, operator, scsi_modes, sendmail.hf, style, units.lib, vgrindefs, vgrindefs.db, zipcodes }