X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/3190e5cea75a43d38f58b8a45fbc87d5527d18f0..b63f1260eef70cf7eb1703ebae1244db7cef0583:/doc/tips/inside_dot_ikiwiki.mdwn diff --git a/doc/tips/inside_dot_ikiwiki.mdwn b/doc/tips/inside_dot_ikiwiki.mdwn index 1f76ce4bd..fe09f6d4b 100644 --- a/doc/tips/inside_dot_ikiwiki.mdwn +++ b/doc/tips/inside_dot_ikiwiki.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ [[!meta title="inside .ikiwiki"]] +[[!meta date="2008-03-21 13:52:50 -0400"]] The `.ikiwiki` directory contains ikiwiki's internal state. Normally, you don't need to look in it, but here's some tips for how to do so if @@ -6,9 +7,10 @@ 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 +68,7 @@ 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