Read all the files in a folder over and over again

I want to develop an application that reads all the files in a folder, and once its done reading those files it reads all the files again.
The purpose for this application is to read all the files in a folder that are continuously being stored in that folder, so that when a new file is created, that file is also read by the application. I then need to compare the date and time in which the file was created to the actual date and time of the system, so that way I can get the most recent file, and then I will do other operations with this file.
The thing is that I know how to read all the files in a directory, but I don't know how to cycle through those files again, in order to look for the most recent one, and I don't know how to make the comparison of the time stamps, because I need a precision of one second in the system time and the time the file was created.
Can someone please help me?
Thanks in advance!
Solved!
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I think that I just went the wrong direction.
What I wanted to do in the first place, was to rename and overwrite every new file in a directory with the same name and file extension, so that every new file overwrites the old file. The thing is that the list folder only lists the files the first time and then keeps on telling me there are no files to be read even though there are new files.
What I need now is a way to overwrite the old files with the same name, and keep searching for every new file that is going to be stored in the directory.
I will leave the code that I have right now, so that you can tell me what do I need to modify in order to read every new file that's going to be created in that directory.
Thanks in advance for your help!
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Overwrite Files.vi ‏12 KB

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