X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/blobdiff_plain/6e4f34b0b847ed898cbe3078280d7b5bf4398790..dc00739d43dc3ceef18472116f5589ef2476a37e:/doc/tips/inside_dot_ikiwiki.mdwn diff --git a/doc/tips/inside_dot_ikiwiki.mdwn b/doc/tips/inside_dot_ikiwiki.mdwn index b81ffae8d..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.