we handled the '/' character in reorganize. Filecabinet converts it to a '-' so we are now processing that. The folder templates file still should match exactly how it looks in FCCS

README.md

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Extracts and organizes documents from FileCabinet CS (Thomson Reuters) using GUI
 ## Setup Per Engagement
 
 1. Edit `config.ini` -- point `backup_dir`, `export_dir`, and `output_dir` at the client's directories. This file is created automatically from `config.template.ini` the first time you run any script (it's git-ignored, so your machine-specific paths never drift the repo). To reset a machine, delete `config.ini` and re-run. Keep shared/default changes in `config.template.ini` (the tracked file).
-2. Populate `fccs_folders.txt` -- open FCCS > System Configuration > Document Folders and list each folder template exactly as shown, one per line. Keep the `YYYY` prefix on recurring folders. Thomson Reuters product folders (UltraTax CS, Planner CS, Practice CS) are detected automatically and do not need to be listed. Like `config.ini`, this file is auto-created from `fccs_folders.template.txt` on first use and is git-ignored — edit it freely per engagement; put only broadly-useful defaults in the tracked template.
+2. Populate `fccs_folders.txt` -- open FCCS > System Configuration > Document Folders and list each folder template exactly as shown, one per line (names containing `/`, like `Foreign Bank/Income`, can be copied verbatim — the code converts `/` to `-` automatically, matching how FCCS writes it into filenames). Keep the `YYYY` prefix on recurring folders. Thomson Reuters product folders (UltraTax CS, Planner CS, Practice CS) are detected automatically and do not need to be listed. Like `config.ini`, this file is auto-created from `fccs_folders.template.txt` on first use and is git-ignored — edit it freely per engagement; put only broadly-useful defaults in the tracked template.
 
 ## Workflow
 

fccs_config.py

@@ -139,6 +139,12 @@ def build_folder_patterns(templates):
         ))
 
     for tmpl in templates:
+        # FCCS converts "/" to "-" when embedding the folder name in the flat
+        # export filename ("/" is illegal in Windows filenames), so templates
+        # copied verbatim from the FCCS UI (e.g. "YYYY Foreign Bank/Income")
+        # must be normalized the same way to match — and to be usable as an
+        # output directory component.
+        tmpl = tmpl.replace("/", "-")
         if "YYYY" in tmpl:
             # Replace YYYY with captured 4-digit year pattern, escape the rest
             parts = tmpl.split("YYYY")

fccs_folders.template.txt

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 #
 # List folder names exactly as shown in FCCS System Configuration > Document Folders.
 # Keep the YYYY prefix for recurring folders. Non-recurring folders go as-is.
+# Names containing "/" (e.g. "YYYY Foreign Bank/Income") can be copied verbatim —
+# the code converts "/" to "-" automatically, matching how FCCS writes filenames.
 # Thomson Reuters product folders (UltraTax CS, Planner CS, Practice CS) are
 # handled automatically — do not list them here.
 # Blank lines and lines starting with # are ignored.