X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/3190e5cea75a43d38f58b8a45fbc87d5527d18f0..14947b41085cd2d83043620df96e0c689183799c:/doc/tips/inside_dot_ikiwiki.mdwn?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/doc/tips/inside_dot_ikiwiki.mdwn b/doc/tips/inside_dot_ikiwiki.mdwn index 1f76ce4bd..a74d00f47 100644 --- a/doc/tips/inside_dot_ikiwiki.mdwn +++ b/doc/tips/inside_dot_ikiwiki.mdwn @@ -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