In runclaw.runclaw, if paramters are set so that overwrite and (not restart)), it removes certain old files from _output, but only fort.* and gauge*.txt. See Line 163
These days there are numerous other files that may have been created in a previous run, such as gauge*.bin and fgout* files. In particular old fgout files cause a problem if the new run produces fewer files; some of the old ones will persist and might be included in a new animation that loops over all fgout files.
We should also revisit the related ancient issue #24.