deleting or moving pages (was:Re: [Pmwiki-users] Creating Groups)

Robin robin at kallisti.net.nz
Sat Jan 29 09:07:12 CST 2005


Hmm, this appeared to just come through, and I don't see any replies to it, so 
here goes.
On Thursday 20 January 2005 03:06, Neil Herber wrote:
> When I use the "delete" procedure, I find that the pages are not actually
> deleted, but they are renamed with a long string of digits at the end.
>
> 1) What do these numbers mean?
> 2) Are they an encoded date?
Yes. This means a page can be created, deleted, recreated, deleted, and both 
versions are available.

> 3) Can I simply delete the files from wiki.d/ if I no longer want them?
Yes.

> 4) Can I recover a deleted page by simply truncating the name back to its
> original?
Yes.

> I have moved pages between wikis by simply moving the files in wiki.d/.
> This seems to work.
> 5) Does this kind of move create any problems?
Not afaik.

> I have moved pages between groups by simply changing the file names.
> 6) Does this kind of move create any problems?
Again not afaik.

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