added a check utility so we can scan the export folder and check if the folder that failed during the export run actually failed or managed to complete succesfully

README.md

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Extracts and organizes documents from FileCabinet CS (Thomson Reuters) using GUI
 | `fccs_export.py` | Step 2: Automate FCCS GUI to export all drawers |
 | `fccs_reorganize.py` | Step 3: Parse filenames and rebuild folder structure |
 | `fccs_verify.py` | Step 4 (optional): Compare manifests against exported files |
+| `fccs_check.py` | Utility: Interactively check if specific drawers exported completely |
 | `fccs_dump_controls.py` | Utility: Dump control identifiers of an on-screen dialog |
 
 ## Setup Per Engagement
@@ -68,6 +69,14 @@ python fccs_verify.py
 
 During export, each drawer's document list is captured from the FCCS dialog and saved as a manifest. This script compares those manifests against the actual exported files to flag any drawers with missing or extra files.
 
+To spot-check specific drawers (e.g. ones the log marked failed, to see whether they actually finished exporting in the background), run:
+
+```
+python fccs_check.py
+```
+
+It prompts for one or more drawer IDs and reports, per drawer, which manifest documents are present vs missing. It accounts for FCCS page-splitting (a document exported as `Name Page 1`, `Name Page 2`, … counts as present) and for filename sanitization (titles containing characters illegal in filenames, like `:`, still match).
+
 ### Step 3: Reorganize Files
 
 ```

fccs_check.py

@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+"""
+Utility: Check whether specific drawers actually finished exporting.
+
+Interactive — prompts for one or more drawer IDs, then for each drawer compares
+its manifest (the documents FCCS said it would export, captured during Step 2)
+against the files actually sitting in the export folder, and reports any
+missing documents.
+
+Handles two quirks of the FCCS export:
+
+  1. Page-splitting: a single manifest document (e.g. "Donations") is exported
+     as one file if it's a single page, or as "Donations Page 1",
+     "Donations Page 2", ... for a multi-page document. All of those count as
+     that one document being present.
+
+  2. Filename sanitization: FCCS strips characters that are illegal in Windows
+     filenames (: / \\ ? * " < > |) from document titles, so a manifest title
+     like 'US Tax Return (... 01:35PM)' won't match the exported file
+     character-for-character. Comparison is done on a normalized key
+     (lowercase, alphanumerics only) so these still match.
+
+USAGE
+-----
+    python fccs_check.py
+    Drawer ID(s): 08097 18430
+"""
+
+import os
+import re
+import sys
+
+from fccs_config import parse_args, load_config
+from fccs_verify import load_manifest   # reuse the both-format manifest loader
+
+
+# Trailing " Page N" (optionally "Page N of M") appended to multi-page exports.
+_PAGE_RE = re.compile(r"\s*Page\s+\d+(?:\s+of\s+\d+)?\s*$", re.IGNORECASE)
+# Creation-date field ("_MM-DD-YYYY_") that precedes the document name.
+_DATE_ANCHOR = re.compile(r"_\d{2}-\d{2}-\d{4}_")
+
+
+def match_key(name):
+    """Normalize a document name for tolerant comparison.
+
+    Strips a trailing 'Page N' page-split suffix, then reduces to lowercase
+    alphanumerics so punctuation and filename-sanitization differences don't
+    cause false mismatches.
+    """
+    base = _PAGE_RE.sub("", name)
+    return re.sub(r"[^a-z0-9]+", "", base.lower())
+
+
+def manifest_doc_names(path, drawer_id):
+    """Return the expected document (Page Title) names from a manifest file."""
+    rows = load_manifest(path)
+    names = []
+    for row in rows:
+        if len(row) >= 3 and row[0].strip() == drawer_id:
+            names.append(row[1])   # old format: DrawerID, PageTitle, Application
+        elif row:
+            names.append(row[0])   # new format: PageTitle, Application
+    return names
+
+
+def exported_doc_name(filename):
+    """Extract the document-name portion from an exported filename, or None.
+
+    Format: {drawer}_{client}_{folder}_{MM-DD-YYYY}_{docname}.ext
+    The creation-date field is a reliable anchor; the doc name follows the last
+    one (the client/folder fields don't carry an "_MM-DD-YYYY_" pattern).
+    """
+    stem = os.path.splitext(filename)[0]
+    anchors = list(_DATE_ANCHOR.finditer(stem))
+    if not anchors:
+        return None
+    return stem[anchors[-1].end():]
+
+
+def check_drawer(drawer_id, files, manifest_dir, out):
+    """Report completeness of one drawer's export."""
+    manifest_path = os.path.join(manifest_dir, drawer_id + ".txt")
+    if not os.path.exists(manifest_path):
+        out("")
+        out(f"[{drawer_id}] NO MANIFEST at {manifest_path} — cannot verify "
+            "(was this drawer exported by the tool?)")
+        return
+
+    expected = manifest_doc_names(manifest_path, drawer_id)
+
+    # Group exported files by normalized doc name; page-splits collapse together.
+    exported = {}      # key -> list of full doc names (one entry per file/page)
+    unparsed = []
+    for f in files:
+        doc = exported_doc_name(f)
+        if doc is None:
+            unparsed.append(f)
+            continue
+        exported.setdefault(match_key(doc), []).append(doc)
+
+    missing = [name for name in expected if match_key(name) not in exported]
+
+    expected_keys = {match_key(n) for n in expected}
+    extras = [names[0] for k, names in exported.items() if k not in expected_keys]
+
+    out("")
+    out(f"[{drawer_id}] manifest lists {len(expected)} document(s); "
+        f"{len(files)} file(s) in export folder.")
+    if missing:
+        out(f"  INCOMPLETE — {len(missing)} document(s) missing from export:")
+        for m in missing:
+            out(f"    - {m}")
+    else:
+        out(f"  COMPLETE — all {len(expected)} manifest document(s) present.")
+    if extras:
+        out(f"  Note: {len(extras)} exported document(s) not in the manifest:")
+        for e in extras:
+            out(f"    - {e}")
+    if unparsed:
+        out(f"  Note: {len(unparsed)} file(s) had no recognizable date anchor "
+            "and were skipped.")
+
+
+def main():
+    args = parse_args()
+    cfg = load_config(args.config)
+    export_dir = cfg.get("paths", "export_dir")
+    manifest_dir = cfg.get("paths", "manifest_dir")
+
+    if not os.path.isdir(export_dir):
+        print(f"ERROR: export directory not found: {export_dir}")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    # Index every export file by its leading drawer-ID token (before first "_").
+    # The underscore boundary keeps clashing IDs separate (04289 vs 04289TS).
+    files_by_drawer = {}
+    for f in os.listdir(export_dir):
+        if not os.path.isfile(os.path.join(export_dir, f)):
+            continue
+        token = f.split("_", 1)[0]
+        files_by_drawer.setdefault(token, []).append(f)
+
+    print("FCCS export completeness check")
+    print(f"  export folder : {export_dir}")
+    print(f"  manifests     : {manifest_dir}")
+    print("Enter drawer ID(s) separated by spaces or commas (blank to quit).")
+
+    while True:
+        try:
+            raw = input("\nDrawer ID(s): ").strip()
+        except EOFError:
+            break
+        if not raw:
+            break
+        ids = [i for i in re.split(r"[\s,]+", raw) if i]
+        for drawer_id in ids:
+            check_drawer(drawer_id, files_by_drawer.get(drawer_id, []),
+                         manifest_dir, print)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()