.TH update-usbids 8 "09 June 2013" "usbutils-007" "Linux USB Utilities"

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

.SH SYNOPSIS
.B update-usbids

.SH DESCRIPTION
.B 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.

.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B -q
Be quiet and do not report anything except errors.

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

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR lsusb(8).

.SH AUTHOR
Thomas Sailer, <sailer@ife.ee.ethz.ch>.