So maybe 

#!/usr/local/bin/perl --
## theTimeDifferCopier.pl
## 2014-10-21-16:50:47
## 
## 
## 
## 
## 
## perltidy -olq  -csc -csci=3 -cscl="sub : BEGIN END " -otr -opr -ce 
+-nibc -i=4 -pt=0   "-nsak=*"
## perltidy -olq  -csc -csci=10 -cscl="sub : BEGIN END if " -otr -opr 
+-ce -nibc -i=4 -pt=0   "-nsak=*"
## perltidy -olq  -csc -csci=10 -cscl="sub : BEGIN END if while " -otr
+ -opr -ce -nibc -i=4 -pt=0   "-nsak=*"
#!/usr/bin/perl --
use strict;
use warnings;

Main( @ARGV );
exit( 0 );

sub Main {
    my $basetime = $^T;
    my $lasttime = $basetime;
    while( 1 ) {
        my @files = WantedFiles( $dir, $filterPattern );
        for my $file ( @files ) {
            my $mtime       = ( stat $file )[9];
            my $diffSeconds = $mtime - $lasttime;
            if( $diffSeconds < 30 ) {
                print "## $file is so new its $diffSeconds old\n";
            }
        }
        sleep 1;
        $lasttime = time;
    }
} ## end sub Main

sub WantedFiles {
    my( $dir, $filter ) = @_;
    ...;
} ## end sub WantedFiles

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Or 

#!/usr/local/bin/perl --
## theTimeDifferCopier.pl
## 2014-10-21-16:50:47
## 
## 
## 
## 
## 
## perltidy -olq  -csc -csci=3 -cscl="sub : BEGIN END " -otr -opr -ce 
+-nibc -i=4 -pt=0   "-nsak=*"
## perltidy -olq  -csc -csci=10 -cscl="sub : BEGIN END if " -otr -opr 
+-ce -nibc -i=4 -pt=0   "-nsak=*"
## perltidy -olq  -csc -csci=10 -cscl="sub : BEGIN END if while " -otr
+ -opr -ce -nibc -i=4 -pt=0   "-nsak=*"
#!/usr/bin/perl --
use strict;
use warnings;
use Path::Tiny qw/ path /;

Main( @ARGV );
exit( 0 );

sub Main {
    my $basetime = $^T;
    my $lasttime = $basetime;
    while( 1 ) {
        my @files = path( $dir )->children( qr/$filterPattern/ );
        for my $file ( @files ) {
            my $mtime       = $file->stat->mtime;
            my $diffSeconds = $mtime - $lasttime;
            if( $diffSeconds < 30 ) {
                print "## $file is so new its $diffSeconds old\n";
            }
        }
        sleep 1;
        $lasttime = time;
    }
} ## end sub Main

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In reply to Re^2: Reset the time after a readdir by Anonymous Monk
in thread Reset the time after a readdir by Anonymous Monk

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