From 56c4cc3618d12e91128199528b63241c3a2675ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 06:52:26 +1200 Subject: [PATCH] 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 --- man5/tzfile.5 | 12 +++++++++--- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/man5/tzfile.5 b/man5/tzfile.5 index 83c7efe47..4c3ee39b6 100644 --- a/man5/tzfile.5 +++ b/man5/tzfile.5 @@ -7,9 +7,15 @@ tzfile \- timezone information .SH SYNOPSIS .B #include .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)