update with new features to deal with large sites

[git.ikiwiki.info.git] / doc / tips / inside_dot_ikiwiki.mdwn

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@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ you need/want to.
 
 ## the index
 
-`.ikiwiki/indexdb` contains a cache of information about pages, as well
-as all persisitant state about pages. It used to be a (semi) human-readable
-text file, but is not anymore.
+`.ikiwiki/indexdb` contains a cache of information about pages.
+This information can always be recalculated by rebuilding the wiki.
+(So the file is safe to delete and need not be backed up.)
+It used to be a (semi) human-readable text file, but is not anymore.
 
 To dump the contents of the file, enter a perl command like this.
 
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ to do it rarely, and the data I've wanted has been different each time.
 
 ## the session database
 
-`.ikiwiki/sessions.db` is the session database. See the [[cpan CGI::Session]]
+`.ikiwiki/sessions.db` is the session database. See the [[!cpan CGI::Session]]
 documentation for more details.
 
 ## lockfiles