2008/3/1, Erik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Is it possible to set a property on a file and have it remove
>  automatically when the file is modified?
>
>  Suppose that we have a style checker that checks a lot of source code
>  files. Once it examined a file and found it to be clean, it should set a
>  property on the file ("style-clean"). Whenever the style checker is
>  executed it skips files with this property. Whenever the file is
>  modified, the filesystem removes the property.
>
>  Is this possible? Which filesystems does it work on?

One solution would be using 'make'.  With rules like the following
only modified files will
be proceeded:

timestamp: myFile
          doSomthingWidth myFile
          touch timestamp
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