title: the manual's rule for the load flag and the log file
source: manuals/miles-101/sections/6-3-survive-failures.md
lines: 25-25
lang: text
note: Read what --load must name and what the redirect does to the old log.
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Start the same command again after a failure, with a new log file, such as `> runs/plain-resume.log`. The redirect of [section 1.1](#s-run-grpo-on-one-gpu) empties the old log, and you need it to find the cause of the failure. `--load` names the parent folder, never one `iter_` folder inside it. Miles reads its tracker file to find the last saved step. On the first run, the folder is empty, and Miles starts fresh.
