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/usr/share

Posted May 19, 2006 16:44 UTC (Fri) by rfunk (subscriber, #4054)
In reply to: /usr/share by jzbiciak
Parent article: Debian multiarch support

Yes, /var is for files that change a lot during runtime. /usr only
changes when you upgrade the OS (or pieces of it).

This is all explained in the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard.
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/

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