copy a file to many folders w/ applescript in workflow - need help

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I have a workflow that does the following:

  • gets the contents of a specified folder (1 item) (automator action)
  • sets a variable “source to copy” to the result of step 1 (automator action)
  • creates a list of destination folders using “Find finder items” (automator action)
  • sets a variable “common folders” to the result of step 2 (automator action)

NOW, using applescript (cause I cant find an automator action to do it) I want to copy the first item (source to copy) into the multiple folders in “dest folders”

I have this in the applescript action currently and it’s giving me errors:

on run {input, parameters}
	
	set destFolders to (get value of variable "common folders" of front workflow)
	set sourceFile to (get value of variable "source to copy" of front workflow)
	
	set folder_list to items of destFolders
	
	tell application "Finder"
		repeat with this_folder in destFolders
			duplicate file sourceFile to folder this_folder with replacing
		end repeat
	end tell
	
	
	return input
end run

This seems like it should be easier, I’m just not making the connection. Thoughts?