How to copy\paste a task?

[Andrey Petrychak]

Hi! I have a task. I need to copy/paste it. How can i do that?

[strictlyrude27]

Name the task; now it's reusable in several different profiles. 

[Oon-Ee Ng]

Doesn't do the same thing though, since all of them are now linked, a
change in task A for profile 1 changes task A in profile 2.

Plus, its not possible to un-name AFAIK.

[V Oz]

You can export task, rename in file it and import back :)

[Pent]

> You can export task, rename in file it and import back :)

That's almost literally thinking out of the box :-)

Pent

[Oon-Ee Ng]

How I did it is similar though, export, rename the current instance,
and then import the file again. Would rather not exit tasker to do
this, after all.

[Andrii Pacific]

I have tried to export\import. Doesn't work.
What I did:

1. Picked task (for example "mytask")
2. Export
3. Goto filebrowser (/sdcard/Tasker/tasks/)
4. Copy the "mytask". I had file name like "mytask.tsk.xml"
5. Copy\paste "mytask" to another folder.
6. Rename to "mytask1.tsk.xml"
7. Copy "mytask1.tsk.xml" to (/sdcard/Tasker/tasks/)
7. Goto "tasker"
8. "Profile data"=>Import one task=>"mytask1.tsk.xml"

And I have "Error task name already exist".
No new tasks are added.

What do I do wrong?

[Andrii Pacific]

Yeah, got it!
I hade to rename the taskname INSIDE the file (using file editor)
Find smth like <nme>mytask</nme> and rename to <nme>mytask1</nme>

Not that user-friendly ;)

SOLVED, thx to all!!!!!

[BossMan]

Obviously you missed this bit:

>> rename in file it <<

Open the xml file in some editor and change the task name inside.

BR,
A.

[V Oz]

Heh... when I wrote this recipe, I've NOT did it before :) It was assumed.

Yeap. Ok. It works. Now those who wants more friendly recipe make next steps:

1) Make task "XML-Parser-Substituter :)"

 some kind of cycle (for, while ...) through LINES

 A1) File -> Read Line from file (name in %par1)

 A2) If tag is <nme> </nme> -> Replace text inside tag with %par2

 A3) Write Line to the New File (append) name = %par2.tsk.xml ( replace spaces in %par with underscores)

2) Run this task the way You like with appropriate parameters.

3) Debug, refine, make friendly, export, upload for Group users

4) PROFIT

[V Oz]

AFAIK, developers todo list is too long for making features, that can't be done with features realized yet.

there are enough File actions for such simple and rare aim. You have not to be programmer. School skills enough for this.

[TomL]

Behold, Tasker has just taken another step towards being a Von Neumann
Self-Replicating Machine.

:)

Tom