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
       distribution 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@ife.ee.ethz.ch>.