I've never used bean-bake before. I just tried it.

Some of the output filenames contain colons, for example "Assets:Cash.html".

Some filesystem and/or OS cannot handle colons in paths. Linux allows colons in 
paths, while Windows does not.

For example, if you mount an NTFS filesystem in Linux, and create a file called 
"foo:bar.txt" in it before mounting this NTFS filesystem in Windows, you cannot 
open / rename / move /delete the file in Windows. In this case, NTFS allows 
colons, but Windows does not support it.

I don't use macOS, but I guess it's something similar. A quick Google search 
reveals that the HFS filesystem used by previous versions of macOS does not 
allow colons in filenames.

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Zhuoyun Wei

On Tue, May 7, 2019, at 10:28, richard gott wrote:
> Hello
> I am the treasurer of a small charity. I have recently switched from 
> ledger. One of the main reasons was to make use of bean-bake to share 
> full accounts adn reports with the other trustees.
> When I run bean-bake I get the folder as predictied whcih works fine - 
> linux (arch adn ubuntu - both ok - ext4).
> BUT:
>  * try to copy to USB, fails with 'cannot copy files'
>  * zip and send to mac, unzip OR
>  * upload to google drive adn download to mac    * index opens fine, 
> structure is intact
>    * top level accounts open ok
>    * anything below that is empty
> It behaves as if the apple file system can't cope with the folder depth 
> of the lower level files in the bean-bake folder. But I am not a 
> computer expert adn that may be complete rubbish.
> I would be most grateful for any help that can be offered
> Thanks
> Richard
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