File handling

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File handling Mon Dec 16, 2024 6:52 am • by Doktor
Hi,

I would like to do the following:

Create a backup file and store it in the “Downloads” folder.
When the file has arrived there, it should be copied to my cloud drive.
After copying, the file should be moved from Downloads to the Backup folder.
Until now, I always had two rules for this:
Rule 1: Copy to the cloud drive and at the end a “Continue matching rules”
Rule 2: Move the file to Backup.

Now I have tried to incorporate both into one rule by defining two actions. But that doesn't work because only one rule is executed. Can I define in some way that two action rules should be executed on the file without creating a second rule?

Regards,
Doktor
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Re: File handling Mon Dec 16, 2024 10:23 am • by Mr_Noodle
Keep in mind if you use a Copy action, any subsequent actions in the same rule will operate on the copy, not the original. If you keep it as two rules, you can use the Continue action in the first rule as you had before. Or, you can re-work the actions to do something like a move first, then a copy.
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