{"version":"2.1.251","anchor":"eval-runs-refuse-to-write-into-an-existing-default-results-d","canonical_anchor":"eval-runs-refuse-to-write-into-an-existing-default-results-d","heading":"Eval runs refuse to write into an existing default results directory","tier":"notice","area":"Plugin Eval","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.251\/e\/eval-runs-refuse-to-write-into-an-existing-default-results-d","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.251","markdown":"### Eval runs refuse to write into an existing default results directory\n\nEval runs refuse to write into a results directory that already existed.\n\n**What**\n\nWhen results go to the default location rather than one given with `--output-dir`, the tool now verifies the directory it just created is new and fails if a directory of that name already existed, instead of writing into whatever was there.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`results directory ${Se} already existed \u2014 a default results directory is always new; refusing to write into it`\n\n- Area: Plugin Eval\n- Names: `--output-dir`\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5"}