The /usr/share directory contains architecture-independent shareable text files. The contents of this directory can be shared by all machines, regardless of hardware architecture.
In a mixed architecture environment, the typical diskless client mounts one server directory over its own /usr directory and then mounts a different directory over the /usr/share directory. The files below the /usr/share directory are contained in one or more separately installable packages. Thus, a node may have the other parts of the /usr directory it depends on locally installed while using a server to provide the /usr/share directory.
Some of the files in the /usr/share directory include the directories and files shown in the /usr/share Directory diagram.
The /usr/share directory includes the following:
