|  | ANSI Common Lisp  20 Files  20.2 Dictionary of Files 
 
| 20.2.5  file-author | Function |  
 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
Allegro CL Implementation Details:
 None. |