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added handling for FCCS stripping . out of drawer names

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@@ -38,9 +38,11 @@ Extracts and organizes documents from FileCabinet CS (Thomson Reuters) using GUI
python fccs_scan.py
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Reads the restored FCCS backup directory and writes all drawer IDs (subfolder names) to `drawer_ids.txt`. It also:
Reads the FCCS data directory (`backup_dir`) and writes all drawer IDs (subfolder names) to `drawer_ids.txt`. It also:
- **Flags prefix clashes** — if one drawer ID is a prefix of another (e.g. `02218` and `02218A`), searching the **base** ID in FCCS pops up a selection box that breaks plain automated navigation. These clashes are reported, and the base (shorter) IDs are auto-seeded into `ignore.txt`. The longer, more-specific IDs (`02218A`) search fine and export normally; the base IDs are handled by the separate clash-export script.
- **Skips non-drawer entries** — only subdirectories are treated as drawers. When `backup_dir` points at FCCS's live data directory (the Restore directory), that folder also contains system folders whose names start with `$` and miscellaneous loose files; both are ignored.
- **Normalizes drawer IDs** — FileCabinet CS ignores `.` characters in drawer IDs, so a folder named `A123.TJ` on disk is searched and displayed in the UI as `A123TJ`. The scan strips dots from folder names when writing `drawer_ids.txt` so the ID matches what FCCS expects (searching the dotted form returns no results). This is done at the source because FCCS embeds the same dot-free ID as the prefix of exported filenames, which the reorganize/verify/report tools all key off. If stripping dots collapses two distinct folders onto one ID, the scan logs a **collision warning** rather than silently dropping a drawer.
- **Flags prefix clashes** — if one drawer ID is a prefix of another (e.g. `02218` and `02218A`), searching the **base** ID in FCCS pops up a selection box that breaks plain automated navigation. These clashes are reported, and the base (shorter) IDs are auto-seeded into `ignore.txt`. The longer, more-specific IDs (`02218A`) search fine and export normally. (Clash detection runs on the dot-normalized IDs, since that's what FCCS actually searches.)
- **Reports ignored drawers** — any IDs listed in `ignore.txt` that exist in this backup are shown as ones the export will skip.
**Ignoring drawers:** The scan creates `ignore.txt` (at `ignore_file`, default `C:\Migration\ignore.txt`) if it doesn't exist and pre-fills it with the clash base IDs — searching those in FCCS shows a selection box that stalls the plain export, so they're skipped by the main export. Open the file and: