Sort into Subfolder with Copy?

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Sort into Subfolder with Copy? Mon Mar 11, 2013 1:54 pm • by gordonprice67
Is it possible to sort a copy into a subfolder, rather than move? I need to copy a file to a parent folder then subfolder, and a custom token works, where the path is ..\CustomToken and the action is Sort into subfolder. But this moves the file. However, when I do a copy, I no longer have the ability to define the variable path, just a literal path. And there is no Copy option for Sort into Subfolder.
The closest I can come is a rule that copies the file in the same folder and appends something like #, then another rules that sorts that into sub folders, and another that strips the #. Hopefully someone has a nice "thinking out of the box" approach here that I am missing.

Thanks!
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Re: Sort into Subfolder with Copy? Mon Mar 11, 2013 6:06 pm • by a_freyer
As I understand it, you need three copies of the file. (1) In the original location (2) in a parent folder and (3) in a subfolder of the original location. Is this correct?
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Re: Sort into Subfolder with Copy? Tue Mar 12, 2013 12:29 pm • by Mr_Noodle
Seems odd to me to need that many copies but you can try copying the file back to the top of the folder tree after sorting it into a subfolder. A bit roundabout but it should work.
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