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| author | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2010-06-23 13:15:10 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2010-06-23 13:15:10 -0400 |
| commit | 0025798751dfc721aa81ce75f7baf87545bd1370 (patch) | |
| tree | bb9d5d5a5ad83ab849de7008b68302837a99fb32 | |
| parent | bbbbf04f76dc5eb6824e5efd5f0ca128e32430ce (diff) | |
| download | ikiwiki-0025798751dfc721aa81ce75f7baf87545bd1370.tar ikiwiki-0025798751dfc721aa81ce75f7baf87545bd1370.tar.gz | |
clarify indexdb is cached info, rebuildable
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/forum/tag_plugin:_rebuilding_autocreated_pages.mdwn | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/tips/inside_dot_ikiwiki.mdwn | 7 |
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/forum/tag_plugin:_rebuilding_autocreated_pages.mdwn b/doc/forum/tag_plugin:_rebuilding_autocreated_pages.mdwn index 02138326d..114837031 100644 --- a/doc/forum/tag_plugin:_rebuilding_autocreated_pages.mdwn +++ b/doc/forum/tag_plugin:_rebuilding_autocreated_pages.mdwn @@ -6,3 +6,6 @@ I have a bunch of tag pages autogenerated by the tag plugin. As part of a redesi > update them. --[[Joey]] >> Thanks. I thought about deleting `indexdb`, but hesitated to do that. According to [[tips/inside dot ikiwiki]], `indexdb` stores "all persistent state about pages". I didn't know if it's harmless to lose all persistent state. --dkobozev + +>>> The persistant state is best thought of as a cache, +>>> so it's safe to delete it. --[[Joey]] 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. |