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 [[!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.