+(defsubst file-attribute-type (attributes)
+ "The type field in ATTRIBUTES returned by `file-attribute'.
+The value is either t for directory, string (name linked to) for
+symbolic link, or nil."
+ (nth 0 attributes))
+
+(defsubst file-attribute-link-number (attributes)
+ "Return the number of links in ATTRIBUTES returned by `file-attribute'."
+ (nth 1 attributes))
+
+(defsubst file-attribute-user-id (attributes)
+ "The UID field in ATTRIBUTES returned by `file-attribute'.
+This is either a string or a number. If a string value cannot be
+looked up, a numeric value, either an integer or a float, is
+returned."
+ (nth 2 attributes))
+
+(defsubst file-attribute-group-id (attributes)
+ "The GID field in ATTRIBUTES returned by `file-attribute'.
+This is either a string or a number. If a string value cannot be
+looked up, a numeric value, either an integer or a float, is
+returned."
+ (nth 3 attributes))
+
+(defsubst file-attribute-access-time (attributes)
+ "The last access time in ATTRIBUTES returned by `file-attribute'.
+This a list of integers (HIGH LOW USEC PSEC) in the same style
+as (current-time)."
+ (nth 4 attributes))
+
+(defsubst file-attribute-modification-time (attributes)
+ "The modification time in ATTRIBUTES returned by `file-attribute'.
+This is the time of the last change to the file's contents, and
+is a list of integers (HIGH LOW USEC PSEC) in the same style
+as (current-time)."
+ (nth 5 attributes))
+
+(defsubst file-attribute-status-change-time (attributes)
+ "The status modification time in ATTRIBUTES returned by `file-attribute'.
+This is the time of last change to the file's attributes: owner
+and group, access mode bits, etc, and is a list of integers (HIGH
+LOW USEC PSEC) in the same style as (current-time)."
+ (nth 6 attributes))
+
+(defsubst file-attribute-size (attributes)
+ "The size (in bytes) in ATTRIBUTES returned by `file-attribute'.
+This is a floating point number if the size is too large for an integer."
+ (nth 7 attributes))
+
+(defsubst file-attribute-modes (attributes)
+ "The file modes in ATTRIBUTES returned by `file-attribute'.
+This is a string of ten letters or dashes as in ls -l."
+ (nth 8 attributes))
+
+(defsubst file-attribute-inode-number (attributes)
+ "The inode number in ATTRIBUTES returned by `file-attribute'.
+If it is larger than what an Emacs integer can hold, this is of
+the form (HIGH . LOW): first the high bits, then the low 16 bits.
+If even HIGH is too large for an Emacs integer, this is instead
+of the form (HIGH MIDDLE . LOW): first the high bits, then the
+middle 24 bits, and finally the low 16 bits."
+ (nth 10 attributes))
+
+(defsubst file-attribute-device-number (attributes)
+ "The file system device number in ATTRIBUTES returned by `file-attribute'.
+If it is larger than what an Emacs integer can hold, this is of
+the form (HIGH . LOW): first the high bits, then the low 16 bits.
+If even HIGH is too large for an Emacs integer, this is instead
+of the form (HIGH MIDDLE . LOW): first the high bits, then the
+middle 24 bits, and finally the low 16 bits."
+ (nth 11 attributes))
+