When the force option is called when starting an experiment (/api/control?action=start...), the same experiment folder is used, but the files within that folder are not deleted.
This is usually not a problem, as the files will be overwritten by the current experiment. However, if the sensors/actuators changes, and there still exists an old experiment folder, then some old data files may still exist when a new experiment is started.
Ideally, when a new experiment is started, all old experiment data files within the experiment folder should be deleted.
When the
forceoption is called when starting an experiment (/api/control?action=start...), the same experiment folder is used, but the files within that folder are not deleted.This is usually not a problem, as the files will be overwritten by the current experiment. However, if the sensors/actuators changes, and there still exists an old experiment folder, then some old data files may still exist when a new experiment is started.
Ideally, when a new experiment is started, all old experiment data files within the experiment folder should be deleted.