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tzfile.5: Mention timezone directories in DESCRIPTION 

Note that timezone files are usually in /usr/lib/zoneinfo
or /usr/share/zoneinfo.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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@ -7,9 +7,15 @@ tzfile \- timezone information
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <tzfile.h>
.SH DESCRIPTION
The timezone information files used by
.BR tzset (3)
begin with the magic characters "TZif" to identify then as
This page describes the structure of the timezone files used by
.BR tzset (3).
These files are typically found under one of the directories
.IR /usr/lib/zoneinfo
or
.IR /usr/share/zoneinfo .
Timezone information files
begin with the magic characters "TZif" to identify them as
timezone information files,
followed by a character identifying the version of the file's format
(as of 2005, either an ASCII NUL (\(aq\\0\(aq) or a \(aq2\(aq)