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#1 Cache file corruption

v1.0_(example)
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nobody
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2006-05-11
2006-05-11
Emmanuel
No

On the rare occacion, the cache database gets
corrupted. I don't know the cause of this, and
honestly, I haven't bothered to look into it. But, the
bug causes no harm. Simply deleting
$HOME/.podpoopercache.db corrects the problem.

DETAILS:
Podpooper uses the cache hashtable database to store
RSS feeds. It's purpose is to avoid downloading an
entire RSS feed if the latest version exists in the
cache. Cache usage probability has not been tested, but
in theory, RSS sites feeds that change infrequently are
served from the cache rather than from the Internet. Of
course, the web servers that hosts the RSS feeds must
be able to support this feature. Otherwise, podpooper
is forced to download the feed.

Deleting $HOME/.podpoopercache.db causes no harm.
Podpooper will simply recreate it on the next
execution. Note: This is not the same as
$HOME/.podpooper.db, which contains the feed
subscriptions. I haven't experienced any corruption on
$HOME/.podpooper.db, so there should be no need to
delete it. In fact, I recommend you don't.

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