Claude Code saves session files in a folder name based on the exact directory you were in when you created the session. It turns that folder path into a hyphenated name (like /home/xxx → -home-xxx) inside ~/.claude/projects/. If you try to do claude --resume from a different directory than the one you started in, Claude Code won’t see the conversation file because it’s looking in the wrong place.
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if `claude --resume` doesn't work
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