#### 20.2.5 file-author [Function] ¶

`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, File System Concepts,

Pathnames as Filenames