## 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.
## 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