Copy File
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Note: The Actions Quick Reference provides a complete list of actions that you can print for easy reference.
What is the Copy File Action?
The Copy File Action copies one or more files to a new location. Once a file is copied to a new location, the name of the file remains the same. To rename the file after copying, read the Rename Filearticle.
Creating a Copy File Action
Select Files &
Folders Actions 
to expand the Action
list. Select theCopy File 
Action from
the Actions list to display the Action
Builder.
Both the Timing
and Error
settings for this action may be configured to
fine tune the how the Action will run.
Note: For more information about Timing and Error settings, read the Action Builder article.
Enter the Name
of the file to copy. Be sure to enter the full file
path.
Note: When
entering the file path ,
an asterisk (wildcard character) can be used to select multiple
files. The following example selects all subfolders in the
directory: "C:\MyFolder\*.txt".
Enter a Destination
folder name to copy the file to. Be sure to enter
the full folder path, but do not include the file name. For example,
rather than entering "C:\NewDestinationName\FileName.txt",
you would enter the folder name only: "C:\NewDestinationName\".
Check the Include
subfolders option 
if you would also like to copy files in subfolders. Check
the Overwrite option 
to replace existing files
with the same file name.
The Options
section 
allows you to further refine which files
are considered. Enabling any of the these options will only include
files with specific attributes. You have the ability to filter files
by:
- Create date
- Equal to
- Newer than
- Newer than or equal to
- Older than
- Older than or equal to
- Last modified date
- Equal to
- Newer than
- Newer than or equal to
- Older than
- Older than or equal to
- File size
- Equal to
- Larger than
- Larger than or equal to
- Smaller than
- Smaller than or equal to
Additionally, you have the ability to filter by the Read-Only, Archive, Hidden, System, and Compressed attributes of the file.
Optionally add Notes
to the Action to document any special instructions
or functionality. When the Run Switch
is set to Run, the action
will be executed after clicking OK.
Note: The run switch is set to Run by default. To create or modify this action without executing it, click the slider to change the option to Don't Run. For more information, see Action Builder.
Click the OK
button 
to
save the Action.