How to duplicate file into same folder?

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How to duplicate file into same folder? Thu May 17, 2012 1:16 am • by owls8521
Hello. I would like to know how to duplicate a file into the same folder as the current file. If you choose "copy to enclosing folder", it goes one level above the current file's folder.

I need to duplicate a file and change the extension of the duplicate, and I also need to replace the new file if it already exists. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
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Re: How to duplicate file into same folder? Fri May 18, 2012 2:20 pm • by Mr_Noodle
There's no direct way to do it now but you can copy the file somewhere else then move it back to get the same effect.
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Re: How to duplicate file into same folder? Fri May 18, 2012 2:32 pm • by owls8521
Mr_Noodle wrote:There's no direct way to do it now but you can copy the file somewhere else then move it back to get the same effect.

I thought of that, but I don't know how to move it back to the same folder that it was in. Could you tell me how to do that? Thanks.
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Re: How to duplicate file into same folder? Mon May 21, 2012 11:12 am • by Mr_Noodle
If it's just the monitored folder, that's a fixed folder that you can pick in the open dialog. If it's underneath the monitored folder, you'd then need to do a "Sort into Subfolder" action. In the pattern you can use the "source folder" attribute. Search the help as it has more information on how to use it.
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Re: How to duplicate file into same folder? Mon May 21, 2012 2:36 pm • by owls8521
Thank you. I was able to get it to work by first copying it to "enclosing folder" and then sorting into subfolder with the source folder pattern.
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