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Resume scan supports XML logs since 7.40.

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@@ -4081,20 +4081,18 @@ hosts with at least one
reboot, or Nmap itself could crash. The administrator running Nmap
could cancel it for any other reason as well, by pressing
<keycap>ctrl-C</keycap>. Restarting the whole scan from the
beginning may be undesirable. Fortunately, if normal
(<option>-oN</option>) or grepable (<option>-oG</option>)
logs were kept, the user can ask Nmap to resume scanning
beginning may be undesirable. Fortunately, if scan output
files were kept, the user can ask Nmap to resume scanning
with the target it was working on when execution ceased.
Simply specify the <option>--resume</option> option and pass
the normal/grepable output file as its argument. No other
the output file as its argument. No other
arguments are permitted, as Nmap parses the output file to
use the same ones specified previously. Simply call Nmap as
<command>nmap --resume
<replaceable>logfilename</replaceable></command>. Nmap will
append new results to the data files specified in the
previous execution. Resumption does not support the XML
output format because combining the two runs into one valid
XML file would be difficult.</para>
previous execution. Scans can be resumed from any of the 3 major
output formats: Normal, Grepable, or XML</para>
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