Copy new file when dropped in one folder to another

Hi!
I have two folders, FolderA and FolderB
When a file is dropped in FolderA I want it to be copied to FolderB.
FolderA will contain other items, I only want to copy new files as they are dropped in FolderA regardless of what else is in either Folder and without copying the entire contents of FolderA.
This seems such a simple request but I cannot fathom it out.
Any suggestions greatly received.
Thanks
Colin

make the following folder action attached to folder A. (I tested it and it works).
on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving added_items
tell application "Finder"
try
duplicate added_items to folder "B" of folder "Desktop" of folder "username" of folder "Users" of startup disk
end try
end tell
end adding folder items to
In place of "username" put the name of your home directory. Also the above script works if folder B sits on the desktop. If it's somewhere else, modify the path in the above script.
Hope this helps.

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