newbie q: how do i rewalk an existing db?

[m.fry]

i've got to 'rewalk' an existing database and i was left the following instructions,

"type in the following exactly as shown:

www/httpd/html/webinator/bin/gw –rewalk -meta=keywords,description http://www.domain.com

./bin/gw -rewalk -d/www/httpd/html/webinator/nameofdatabase"

unfortunately this produces th3e following error (i use default db)

"No database specified. Use the default (/www/httpd/html/webinator/db)?
(y/n) default is y :
You may use "-d-" to skip this question in the future.
Rewalking database
002 Can't make up tmp names from /www/httpd/html/webinator/db
002 Cleanup old databases in /www/httpd/html/webinator starting with _ or O"

i'm sure this is something very dumb but i'm a total newbie when it comes to this and i cannot find simple instructions on how to do a rewalk in the manual. so any ideas what is going wrong?
cheers
matt

[mark]

Do what the message is telling you:
Cleanup old databases in /www/httpd/html/webinator starting with _ or O
(delete them) Then try again. Previous failed rewalks have left old bits laying around.

BTW, that first command is suspicious since -rewalk will ignore the other options -meta and url.
See also http://www.thunderstone.com/site/gw25man/node38.html