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authorJoey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2010-06-23 13:15:10 -0400
committerJoey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2010-06-23 13:15:10 -0400
commit0025798751dfc721aa81ce75f7baf87545bd1370 (patch)
treebb9d5d5a5ad83ab849de7008b68302837a99fb32 /doc/tips
parentbbbbf04f76dc5eb6824e5efd5f0ca128e32430ce (diff)
clarify indexdb is cached info, rebuildable
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@@ -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.