update-usbids(8)                       Linux USB Utilities                       update-usbids(8)



NAME
       update-usbids - download new version of the USB ID list


SYNOPSIS
       update-usbids


DESCRIPTION
       update-usbids  fetches  the current version of the usb.ids file from the primary distribu‐
       tion site and installs it.

       This utility requires either wget or lynx to be installed. If gzip or bzip2 are available,
       it automatically downloads the compressed version of the list.


FILES
       /var/lib/usbutils/usb.ids.gz
              Here we install the new list.


SEE ALSO
       lsusb(8).


AUTHOR
       Thomas Sailer, <sailer AT ife.ch>.



usbutils-007                               09 June 2013                          update-usbids(8)