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Function FILE-AUTHOR

Syntax:

file-author pathspec => author

Arguments and Values:

pathspec---a pathname designator.

author---a string or nil.

Description:

Returns a string naming the author of the file specified by pathspec, or nil if the author's name cannot be determined.

Examples:

     (with-open-file (stream ">relativity>general.text")
       (file-author s))
    =>  "albert"

Affected By:

The host computer's file system.

Other users of the file named by pathspec.

Exceptional Situations:

An error of type file-error is signaled if pathspec is wild.

An error of type file-error is signaled if the file system cannot perform the requested operation.

See Also:

pathname, logical-pathname, Section 20.1 (File System Concepts), Section 19.1.2 (Pathnames as Filenames)

Notes: None.

The following X3J13 cleanup issues, not part of the specification, apply to this section:

- PATHNAME-WILD:NEW-FUNCTIONS
- FILE-OPEN-ERROR:SIGNAL-FILE-ERROR
- PATHNAME-LOGICAL:ADD

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