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 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 ver-
sion 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>.
usbutils-0.82 13 May 2009 update-usbids(8)
