Remove "Programmer" lines (#3294)

16 files changed, 0 insertions, 214 deletions

diff --git a/tools/src/h5copy/h5copy.c b/tools/src/h5copy/h5copy.c
index 2deba02..e633ce3 100644
--- a/tools/src/h5copy/h5copy.c
+++ b/tools/src/h5copy/h5copy.c
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ char                         *str_flag  = NULL;
  *
  * Return:      Does not return
  *
- * Programmer:  Quincey Koziol
- *              Saturday, 31. January 2004
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static void
@@ -73,8 +70,6 @@ leave(int ret)
  *
  * Return: void
  *
- * Programmer: Pedro Vicente Nunes, 7/8/2006
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static void
@@ -153,8 +148,6 @@ usage(void)
  * Return: Success:    SUCCEED
  *         Failure:    FAIL
  *
- * Programmer: Pedro Vicente Nunes, 7/8/2006
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
@@ -199,8 +192,6 @@ parse_flag(const char *s_flag, unsigned *flag)
  *
  * Purpose: main program
  *
- * Programmer: Pedro Vicente Nunes
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
diff --git a/tools/src/h5diff/h5diff_main.c b/tools/src/h5diff/h5diff_main.c
index f2ab2f9..41dc18f 100644
--- a/tools/src/h5diff/h5diff_main.c
+++ b/tools/src/h5diff/h5diff_main.c
@@ -24,12 +24,6 @@
  * Return: An  exit status of 0 means no differences were found, 1 means some
  *   differences were found.
  *
- * Programmer: Pedro Vicente
- *
- * Date: May 9, 2003
- *
- * Comments:
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
@@ -112,11 +106,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
  *
  * Return: none
  *
- * Programmer: Albert Cheng
- * Date: Feb 6, 2005
- *
- * Comments:
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 H5_ATTR_NORETURN void
diff --git a/tools/src/h5diff/ph5diff_main.c b/tools/src/h5diff/ph5diff_main.c
index 82cb876..884f788 100644
--- a/tools/src/h5diff/ph5diff_main.c
+++ b/tools/src/h5diff/ph5diff_main.c
@@ -30,10 +30,6 @@ static void ph5diff_worker(int);
  * Return: An exit status of 0 means no differences were found, 1 means some
  *   differences were found.
  *
- * Programmer: Pedro Vicente
- *
- * Date: May 9, 2003
- *
  * Comments:
  *
  * This function drives the diff process and will do a serial or parallel diff depending
@@ -113,9 +109,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
  *
  * Return: none
  *
- * Programmer: Leon Arber
- * Date: January 2005
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static void
@@ -241,10 +234,6 @@ ph5diff_worker(int nID)
  *
  * Return: none
  *
- * Programmer: Leon Arber
- *
- * Date: Feb 7, 2005
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 void
@@ -279,9 +268,6 @@ print_manager_output(void)
  *
  * Return: none
  *
- * Programmer: Albert Cheng
- * Date: Feb 6, 2005
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 void
diff --git a/tools/src/h5dump/h5dump_xml.c b/tools/src/h5dump/h5dump_xml.c
index 6d3f6c8..95c99f6 100644
--- a/tools/src/h5dump/h5dump_xml.c
+++ b/tools/src/h5dump/h5dump_xml.c
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@ static char *xml_escape_the_name(const char *);
  *
  *              Failure:        FAIL
  *
- * Programmer:  Ruey-Hsia Li
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static herr_t
@@ -648,7 +647,6 @@ static const char *apos  = "'";
  *
  * Return:      The revised string.
  *
- * Programmer:  REMcG
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static char *
@@ -738,7 +736,6 @@ xml_escape_the_name(const char *str)
  *
  * Return:      The revised string.
  *
- * Programmer:  REMcG
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static char *
@@ -844,7 +841,6 @@ xml_escape_the_string(const char *str, int slen)
  *
  * Return:      void
  *
- * Programmer:  REMcG
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static void
@@ -1562,7 +1558,6 @@ xml_print_datatype(hid_t type, unsigned in_group)
  *
  * Return:      void
  *
- * Programmer:  REMcG
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 void
@@ -1691,7 +1686,6 @@ xml_dump_datatype(hid_t type)
  *
  * Return:      void
  *
- * Programmer:  REMcG
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 void
@@ -2031,7 +2025,6 @@ xml_dump_data(hid_t obj_id, int obj_data, struct subset_t H5_ATTR_UNUSED *sset,
  *
  * Return:      herr_t
  *
- * Programmer:  REMcG
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 herr_t
@@ -2352,7 +2345,6 @@ xml_dump_attr(hid_t attr, const char *attr_name, const H5A_info_t H5_ATTR_UNUSED
  *
  * Return:      herr_t
  *
- * Programmer:  REMcG
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 void
@@ -2556,7 +2548,6 @@ done:
  *
  * Return:      void
  *
- * Programmer:  REMcG
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 void
@@ -2940,7 +2931,6 @@ xml_dump_group(hid_t gid, const char *name)
  *
  * Return:      void
  *
- * Programmer:  REMcG
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static int
@@ -3090,7 +3080,6 @@ error:
  *
  * Return:      void
  *
- * Programmer:  REMcG
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static int
@@ -3261,7 +3250,6 @@ error:
  *
  * Return:      void
  *
- * Programmer:  REMcG
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static void
@@ -4370,7 +4358,6 @@ xml_dump_dataset(hid_t did, const char *name, struct subset_t H5_ATTR_UNUSED *ss
  *
  * Return:      void
  *
- * Programmer:  REMcG
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static void
diff --git a/tools/src/h5format_convert/h5format_convert.c b/tools/src/h5format_convert/h5format_convert.c
index 87e9acb..0806840 100644
--- a/tools/src/h5format_convert/h5format_convert.c
+++ b/tools/src/h5format_convert/h5format_convert.c
@@ -11,10 +11,6 @@
  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
 
 /*
- * Programmer:  Vailin Choi; Feb 2015
- */
-
-/*
  * We include the private header file so we can get to the uniform
  * programming environment it declares.
  * HDF5 API functions (except for H5G_basename())
diff --git a/tools/src/h5import/h5import.c b/tools/src/h5import/h5import.c
index b7d18a1..3dba23a 100644
--- a/tools/src/h5import/h5import.c
+++ b/tools/src/h5import/h5import.c
@@ -344,8 +344,6 @@ gtoken(char *s)
  *
  * Return:      0, success, -1, error
  *
- * Programmer:  pkmat
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
@@ -942,10 +940,6 @@ readFloatData(FILE *strm, struct Input *in)
  *
  * Return: 0, ok, -1 no
  *
- * Programmer: Pedro Vicente
- *
- * Date: July, 26, 2007
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static int
diff --git a/tools/src/h5ls/h5ls.c b/tools/src/h5ls/h5ls.c
index 719c296..217d8b5 100644
--- a/tools/src/h5ls/h5ls.c
+++ b/tools/src/h5ls/h5ls.c
@@ -11,11 +11,6 @@
  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
 
 /*
- * Programmer:  Robb Matzke
- *              Monday, March 23, 1998
- */
-
-/*
  * We include the private header file so we can get to the uniform
  * programming environment it declares.  Other than that, h5ls only calls
  * HDF5 API functions (except for H5G_basename())
diff --git a/tools/src/h5perf/pio_engine.c b/tools/src/h5perf/pio_engine.c
index d6d075f..9b2c1c2 100644
--- a/tools/src/h5perf/pio_engine.c
+++ b/tools/src/h5perf/pio_engine.c
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@
  * help@hdfgroup.org.                                                        *
  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
 
-/*
- * Author: Albert Cheng of NCSA, Oct 24, 2001.
- */
-
 #include "hdf5.h"
 
 #include <errno.h>
@@ -132,7 +128,6 @@ static off_t  sqrto(off_t);
  * Function:        do_pio
  * Purpose:         PIO Engine where Parallel IO are executed.
  * Return:          results
- * Programmer:      Albert Cheng, Bill Wendling 2001/12/12
  */
 results
 do_pio(parameters param)
@@ -379,7 +374,6 @@ done:
  *              doing. Also, place in the /tmp/{$USER,$LOGIN} directory if
  *              USER or LOGIN are specified in the environment.
  * Return:      Pointer to filename or NULL
- * Programmer:  Bill Wendling, 21. November 2001
  */
 static char *
 pio_create_filename(iotype iot, const char *base_name, char *fullname, size_t size)
@@ -493,7 +487,6 @@ pio_create_filename(iotype iot, const char *base_name, char *fullname, size_t si
  * Function:        do_write
  * Purpose:         Write the required amount of data to the file.
  * Return:          SUCCESS or FAIL
- * Programmer:      Albert Cheng, Bill Wendling, 2001/12/13
  */
 static herr_t
 do_write(results *res, file_descr *fd, parameters *parms, long ndsets, off_t nbytes, size_t buf_size,
@@ -1508,7 +1501,6 @@ sqrto(off_t x)
  * Function:        do_read
  * Purpose:         read the required amount of data from the file.
  * Return:          SUCCESS or FAIL
- * Programmer:      Albert Cheng 2001/12/13
  */
 static herr_t
 do_read(results *res, file_descr *fd, parameters *parms, long ndsets, off_t nbytes, size_t buf_size,
@@ -2489,7 +2481,6 @@ done:
  * Function:    do_fopen
  * Purpose:     Open the specified file.
  * Return:      SUCCESS or FAIL
- * Programmer:  Albert Cheng, Bill Wendling, 2001/12/13
  */
 static herr_t
 do_fopen(parameters *param, char *fname, file_descr *fd /*out*/, int flags)
@@ -2598,7 +2589,6 @@ done:
  * Function:    do_fclose
  * Purpose:     Close the specified file descriptor.
  * Return:      SUCCESS or FAIL
- * Programmer:  Albert Cheng, Bill Wendling, 2001/12/13
  */
 static herr_t
 do_fclose(iotype iot, file_descr *fd /*out*/)
@@ -2654,7 +2644,6 @@ done:
  *      Only Proc 0 of the PIO communicator will do the cleanup.
  *      Other processes just return.
  * Return:      void
- * Programmer:  Albert Cheng 2001/12/12
  */
 static void
 do_cleanupfile(iotype iot, char *fname)
diff --git a/tools/src/h5perf/pio_perf.c b/tools/src/h5perf/pio_perf.c
index fee0a61..d670002 100644
--- a/tools/src/h5perf/pio_perf.c
+++ b/tools/src/h5perf/pio_perf.c
@@ -205,7 +205,6 @@ static off_t squareo(off_t);
  * Purpose:     Start things up. Initialize MPI and then call the test looping
  *              function.
  * Return:      EXIT_SUCCESS or EXIT_FAILURE
- * Programmer:  Bill Wendling, 30. October 2001
  */
 int
 main(int argc, char *argv[])
@@ -301,7 +300,6 @@ squareo(off_t x)
  *              this out.
  *
  * Return:      Nothing
- * Programmer:  Bill Wendling, 30. October 2001
  */
 static void
 run_test_loop(struct options *opts)
@@ -395,7 +393,6 @@ run_test_loop(struct options *opts)
  * Function:    run_test
  * Purpose:     Inner loop call to actually run the I/O test.
  * Return:      Nothing
- * Programmer:  Bill Wendling, 18. December 2001
  */
 static int
 run_test(iotype iot, parameters parms, struct options *opts)
@@ -710,7 +707,6 @@ run_test(iotype iot, parameters parms, struct options *opts)
  * Function:    output_all_info
  * Purpose:
  * Return:      Nothing
- * Programmer:  Bill Wendling, 29. January 2002
  */
 static void
 output_all_info(minmax *mm, int count, int indent_level)
@@ -732,7 +728,6 @@ output_all_info(minmax *mm, int count, int indent_level)
  * Purpose:     Process environment variables setting to set up MPI Info
  *              object.
  * Return:      0 if all is fine; otherwise non-zero.
- * Programmer:  Albert Cheng, 2002/05/21.
  */
 int
 h5_set_info_object(void)
@@ -824,7 +819,6 @@ h5_set_info_object(void)
  * Function:    h5_dump_info_object
  * Purpose:     Display content of an MPI Info object
  * Return:      void
- * Programmer:  Albert Cheng 2002/05/21
  */
 void
 h5_dump_info_object(MPI_Info info)
@@ -853,7 +847,6 @@ h5_dump_info_object(MPI_Info info)
  * Function:    get_minmax
  * Purpose:     Gather all the min, max and total of val.
  * Return:      Nothing
- * Programmer:  Bill Wendling, 21. December 2001
  */
 static void
 get_minmax(minmax *mm, double val)
@@ -873,7 +866,6 @@ get_minmax(minmax *mm, double val)
  * Purpose:     Accumulate the minimum, maximum, and average of the times
  *              across all processes.
  * Return:      TOTAL_MM - the total of all of these.
- * Programmer:  Bill Wendling, 21. December 2001
  */
 static minmax
 accumulate_minmax_stuff(minmax *mm, int count)
@@ -907,7 +899,6 @@ accumulate_minmax_stuff(minmax *mm, int count)
  *              is a global variable.
  * Return:      SUCCESS on success.
  *              FAIL otherwise.
- * Programmer:  Bill Wendling, 19. December 2001
  */
 static int
 create_comm_world(int num_procs, int *doing_pio)
@@ -965,7 +956,6 @@ error_done:
  *              pio_comm_g global variable.
  * Return:      SUCCESS on success.
  *              FAIL otherwise.
- * Programmer:  Bill Wendling, 19. December 2001
  */
 static int
 destroy_comm_world(void)
@@ -984,7 +974,6 @@ destroy_comm_world(void)
  * Purpose:     Print information about the time & bandwidth for a given
  *                  minmax & # of iterations.
  * Return:      Nothing
- * Programmer:  Quincey Koziol, 9. May 2002
  */
 static void
 output_results(const struct options *opts, const char *name, minmax *table, int table_size, off_t data_size)
@@ -1047,7 +1036,6 @@ output_times(const struct options *opts, const char *name, minmax *table, int ta
  * Function:    output_report
  * Purpose:     Print a line of the report. Only do so if I'm the 0 process.
  * Return:      Nothing
- * Programmer:  Bill Wendling, 19. December 2001
  */
 static void
 output_report(const char *fmt, ...)
@@ -1072,7 +1060,6 @@ output_report(const char *fmt, ...)
  * Purpose:     Print spaces to indent a new line of text for pretty printing
  *              things.
  * Return:      Nothing
- * Programmer:  Bill Wendling, 29. October 2001
  */
 static void
 print_indent(int indent)
@@ -1245,7 +1232,6 @@ report_parameters(struct options *opts)
  * Purpose:     Parse the command line options and return a STRUCT OPTIONS
  *              structure which will need to be freed by the calling function.
  * Return:      Pointer to an OPTIONS structure
- * Programmer:  Bill Wendling, 31. October 2001
  */
 static struct options *
 parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv)
@@ -1495,7 +1481,6 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv)
  * Return:      The size as a off_t because this is related to file size.
  *              If an unknown size indicator is used, then the program will
  *              exit with EXIT_FAILURE as the return value.
- * Programmer:  Bill Wendling, 18. December 2001
  */
 static off_t
 parse_size_directive(const char *size)
@@ -1535,7 +1520,6 @@ parse_size_directive(const char *size)
  * Function:    usage
  * Purpose:     Print a usage message and then exit.
  * Return:      Nothing
- * Programmer:  Bill Wendling, 31. October 2001
  */
 static void
 usage(const char *prog)
@@ -1675,7 +1659,6 @@ usage(const char *prog)
  * Purpose:     Dummy main() function for if HDF5 was configured without
  *              parallel stuff.
  * Return:      EXIT_SUCCESS
- * Programmer:  Bill Wendling, 14. November 2001
  */
 int
 main(void)
diff --git a/tools/src/h5perf/sio_engine.c b/tools/src/h5perf/sio_engine.c
index 511957b..a7f07ee 100644
--- a/tools/src/h5perf/sio_engine.c
+++ b/tools/src/h5perf/sio_engine.c
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@
  * help@hdfgroup.org.                                                        *
  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
 
-/*
- * Author: Christian Chilan, April 2008
- */
-
 #include "hdf5.h"
 
 #include <errno.h>
@@ -122,7 +118,6 @@ static hid_t    h5dxpl          = H5I_INVALID_HID; /* Dataset transfer property
  * Function:        do_sio
  * Purpose:         SIO Engine where IO are executed.
  * Return:          results
- * Programmer:      Christian Chilan, April, 2008
  */
 void
 do_sio(parameters param, results *res)
@@ -281,7 +276,6 @@ done:
  *              doing. Also, place in the /tmp/{$USER,$LOGIN} directory if
  *              USER or LOGIN are specified in the environment.
  * Return:      Pointer to filename or NULL
- * Programmer:  Bill Wendling, 21. November 2001
  */
 static char *
 sio_create_filename(iotype iot, const char *base_name, char *fullname, size_t size, parameters *param)
@@ -401,7 +395,6 @@ sio_create_filename(iotype iot, const char *base_name, char *fullname, size_t si
  * Function:        do_write
  * Purpose:         Write the required amount of data to the file.
  * Return:          SUCCESS or FAIL
- * Programmer:      Christian Chilan, April, 2008
  */
 static herr_t
 do_write(results *res, file_descr *fd, parameters *parms, void *buffer)
@@ -615,7 +608,6 @@ done:
  * Function:        dset_write
  * Purpose:         Write buffer into the dataset.
  * Return:          SUCCESS or FAIL
- * Programmer:      Christian Chilan, April, 2008
  */
 static herr_t
 dset_write(int local_dim, file_descr *fd, parameters *parms, void *buffer)
@@ -697,7 +689,6 @@ done:
  * Function:        posix_buffer_write
  * Purpose:         Write buffer into the POSIX file considering contiguity.
  * Return:          SUCCESS or FAIL
- * Programmer:      Christian Chilan, April, 2008
  */
 
 static herr_t
@@ -757,7 +748,6 @@ done:
  * Function:        do_read
  * Purpose:         Read the required amount of data to the file.
  * Return:          SUCCESS or FAIL
- * Programmer:      Christian Chilan, April, 2008
  */
 static herr_t
 do_read(results *res, file_descr *fd, parameters *parms, void *buffer)
@@ -934,7 +924,6 @@ done:
  * Function:        dset_read
  * Purpose:         Read buffer into the dataset.
  * Return:          SUCCESS or FAIL
- * Programmer:      Christian Chilan, April, 2008
  */
 
 static herr_t
@@ -995,7 +984,6 @@ done:
  * Function:        posix_buffer_read
  * Purpose:         Read buffer into the POSIX file considering contiguity.
  * Return:          SUCCESS or FAIL
- * Programmer:      Christian Chilan, April, 2008
  */
 
 static herr_t
@@ -1049,7 +1037,6 @@ done:
  * Function:    do_fopen
  * Purpose:     Open the specified file.
  * Return:      SUCCESS or FAIL
- * Programmer:  Albert Cheng, Bill Wendling, 2001/12/13
  */
 static herr_t
 do_fopen(parameters *param, char *fname, file_descr *fd /*out*/, int flags)
@@ -1117,7 +1104,6 @@ done:
  * Function:    set_vfd
  * Purpose:     Sets file driver.
  * Return:      SUCCESS or FAIL
- * Programmer:  Christian Chilan, April, 2008
  */
 
 hid_t
@@ -1214,7 +1200,6 @@ set_vfd(parameters *param)
  * Function:    do_fclose
  * Purpose:     Close the specified file descriptor.
  * Return:      SUCCESS or FAIL
- * Programmer:  Albert Cheng, Bill Wendling, 2001/12/13
  */
 static herr_t
 do_fclose(iotype iot, file_descr *fd /*out*/)
@@ -1260,7 +1245,6 @@ done:
  * Function:    do_cleanupfile
  * Purpose:     Cleanup temporary file unless HDF5_NOCLEANUP is set.
  * Return:      void
- * Programmer:  Albert Cheng 2001/12/12
  */
 static void
 do_cleanupfile(iotype iot, char *filename)
diff --git a/tools/src/h5perf/sio_perf.c b/tools/src/h5perf/sio_perf.c
index a06e1fe..ed7b209 100644
--- a/tools/src/h5perf/sio_perf.c
+++ b/tools/src/h5perf/sio_perf.c
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ static void report_parameters(struct options *opts);
  * Function:    main
  * Purpose:     Start things up.
  * Return:      EXIT_SUCCESS or EXIT_FAILURE
- * Programmer:  Bill Wendling, 30. October 2001
  */
 int
 main(int argc, char *argv[])
@@ -235,7 +234,6 @@ finish:
  *              this out.
  *
  * Return:      Nothing
- * Programmer:  Bill Wendling, 30. October 2001
  */
 static void
 run_test_loop(struct options *opts)
@@ -288,7 +286,6 @@ run_test_loop(struct options *opts)
  * Function:    run_test
  * Purpose:     Inner loop call to actually run the I/O test.
  * Return:      Nothing
- * Programmer:  Bill Wendling, 18. December 2001
  */
 static int
 run_test(iotype iot, parameters parms, struct options *opts)
@@ -519,7 +516,6 @@ run_test(iotype iot, parameters parms, struct options *opts)
  * Function:    output_all_info
  * Purpose:
  * Return:      Nothing
- * Programmer:  Bill Wendling, 29. January 2002
  */
 static void
 output_all_info(minmax *mm, int count, int indent_level)
@@ -540,7 +536,6 @@ output_all_info(minmax *mm, int count, int indent_level)
  * Function:    get_minmax
  * Purpose:     Gather all the min, max and total of val.
  * Return:      Nothing
- * Programmer:  Bill Wendling, 21. December 2001
  */
 
 static void
@@ -556,7 +551,6 @@ get_minmax(minmax *mm, double val)
  * Purpose:     Accumulate the minimum, maximum, and average of the times
  *              across all processes.
  * Return:      TOTAL_MM - the total of all of these.
- * Programmer:  Bill Wendling, 21. December 2001
  */
 static void
 accumulate_minmax_stuff(const minmax *mm, int count, minmax *total_mm)
@@ -586,7 +580,6 @@ accumulate_minmax_stuff(const minmax *mm, int count, minmax *total_mm)
  * Purpose:     Print information about the time & bandwidth for a given
  *                  minmax & # of iterations.
  * Return:      Nothing
- * Programmer:  Quincey Koziol, 9. May 2002
  */
 static void
 output_results(const struct options *opts, const char *name, minmax *table, int table_size, off_t data_size)
@@ -626,7 +619,6 @@ output_results(const struct options *opts, const char *name, minmax *table, int
  * Function:    output_report
  * Purpose:     Print a line of the report. Only do so if I'm the 0 process.
  * Return:      Nothing
- * Programmer:  Bill Wendling, 19. December 2001
  */
 static void
 output_report(const char *fmt, ...)
@@ -645,7 +637,6 @@ output_report(const char *fmt, ...)
  * Purpose:     Print spaces to indent a new line of text for pretty printing
  *              things.
  * Return:      Nothing
- * Programmer:  Bill Wendling, 29. October 2001
  */
 static void
 print_indent(int indent)
@@ -800,7 +791,6 @@ report_parameters(struct options *opts)
  * Purpose:     Parse the command line options and return a STRUCT OPTIONS
  *              structure which will need to be freed by the calling function.
  * Return:      Pointer to an OPTIONS structure
- * Programmer:  Bill Wendling, 31. October 2001
  */
 static struct options *
 parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv)
@@ -1166,7 +1156,6 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv)
  * Return:      The size as a off_t because this is related to file size.
  *              If an unknown size indicator is used, then the program will
  *              exit with EXIT_FAILURE as the return value.
- * Programmer:  Bill Wendling, 18. December 2001
  */
 
 static hsize_t
@@ -1210,7 +1199,6 @@ parse_size_directive(const char *size)
  * Function:    usage
  * Purpose:     Print a usage message and then exit.
  * Return:      Nothing
- * Programmer:  Bill Wendling, 31. October 2001
  */
 static void
 usage(const char *prog)
diff --git a/tools/src/h5repack/h5repack_parse.c b/tools/src/h5repack/h5repack_parse.c
index 9ee4d07..f6c3d71 100644
--- a/tools/src/h5repack/h5repack_parse.c
+++ b/tools/src/h5repack/h5repack_parse.c
@@ -477,10 +477,6 @@ parse_filter(const char *str, unsigned *n_objs, filter_info_t *filt, pack_opt_t
  * Example:
  * "AA,B,CDE:CHUNK=10X10"
  *
- * Programmer: Pedro Vicente
- *
- * Date: December 30, 2003
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 obj_list_t *
diff --git a/tools/src/h5stat/h5stat.c b/tools/src/h5stat/h5stat.c
index 7916517..a7d9342 100644
--- a/tools/src/h5stat/h5stat.c
+++ b/tools/src/h5stat/h5stat.c
@@ -255,9 +255,6 @@ usage(const char *prog)
  *
  * Return: >0 on success, 0 on failure
  *
- * Programmer: Quincey Koziol
- *              Monday, August 22, 2005
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 H5_ATTR_CONST static unsigned
@@ -283,9 +280,6 @@ ceil_log10(unsigned long x)
  *
  *          Failure: -1
  *
- * Programmer:    Quincey Koziol
- *                Tuesday, July 17, 2007
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static herr_t
@@ -331,9 +325,6 @@ attribute_stats(iter_t *iter, const H5O_info2_t *oi, const H5O_native_info_t *na
  * Return:  Success: 0
  *          Failure: -1
  *
- * Programmer: Quincey Koziol
- *             Tuesday, August 16, 2005
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static herr_t
@@ -401,9 +392,6 @@ done:
  * Return:  Success: 0
  *          Failure: -1
  *
- * Programmer:    Quincey Koziol
- *                Tuesday, August 16, 2005
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static herr_t
@@ -595,8 +583,6 @@ done:
  * Return:  Success: 0
  *          Failure: -1
  *
- * Programmer:    Vailin Choi; July 7th, 2009
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static herr_t
@@ -626,9 +612,6 @@ done:
  * Return: Success: 0
  *       Failure: -1
  *
- * Programmer: Quincey Koziol
- *             Tuesday, November 6, 2007
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static herr_t
@@ -686,9 +669,6 @@ done:
  * Return:  Success: 0
  *          Failure: -1
  *
- * Programmer: Quincey Koziol
- *             Tuesday, November 6, 2007
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static herr_t
@@ -723,8 +703,6 @@ lnk_stats(const char H5_ATTR_UNUSED *path, const H5L_info2_t *li, void *_iter)
  * Return: Success: 0
  *       Failure: -1
  *
- * Programmer:  Vailin Choi; July 7th, 2009
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static herr_t
@@ -812,9 +790,6 @@ hand_free(struct handler_t *hand)
  *
  * Failure: -1
  *
- * Programmer: Elena Pourmal
- *             Saturday, August 12, 2006
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static int
@@ -1087,9 +1062,6 @@ iter_free(iter_t *iter)
  *
  * Failure: Never fails
  *
- * Programmer: Elena Pourmal
- *             Saturday, August 12, 2006
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static herr_t
@@ -1116,9 +1088,6 @@ print_file_info(const iter_t *iter)
  *
  * Failure: Never fails
  *
- * Programmer: Elena Pourmal
- *             Saturday, August 12, 2006
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static herr_t
@@ -1172,9 +1141,6 @@ print_file_metadata(const iter_t *iter)
  *
  * Failure: Never fails
  *
- * Programmer: Elena Pourmal
- *             Saturday, August 12, 2006
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static herr_t
@@ -1221,8 +1187,6 @@ print_group_info(const iter_t *iter)
  * Return:  Success: 0
  *          Failure: Never fails
  *
- * Programmer: Vailin Choi; October 2009
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static herr_t
@@ -1247,9 +1211,6 @@ print_group_metadata(const iter_t *iter)
  * Return:  Success: 0
  *          Failure: Never fails
  *
- * Programmer: Elena Pourmal
- *             Saturday, August 12, 2006
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static herr_t
@@ -1336,8 +1297,6 @@ print_dataset_info(const iter_t *iter)
  *
  * Failure: Never fails
  *
- * Programmer:  Vailin Choi; October 2009
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static herr_t
@@ -1363,8 +1322,6 @@ print_dset_metadata(const iter_t *iter)
  *
  * Failure: Never fails
  *
- * Programmer: Vailin Choi; October 2009
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static herr_t
@@ -1403,9 +1360,6 @@ print_dset_dtype_meta(const iter_t *iter)
  *
  * Failure: Never fails
  *
- * Programmer: Vailin Choi
- *             July 12, 2007
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static herr_t
@@ -1451,8 +1405,6 @@ print_attr_info(const iter_t *iter)
  *
  * Failure: Never fails
  *
- * Programmer: Vailin Choi; July 7th, 2009
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static herr_t
@@ -1499,8 +1451,6 @@ print_freespace_info(const iter_t *iter)
  *
  * Failure: Never fails
  *
- * Programmer: Vailin Choi; August 2009
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static herr_t
@@ -1555,9 +1505,6 @@ print_storage_summary(const iter_t *iter)
  *
  * Failure: Never fails
  *
- * Programmer: Elena Pourmal
- *             Saturday, August 12, 2006
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static void
@@ -1611,9 +1558,6 @@ print_file_statistics(const iter_t *iter)
  *
  * Failure: Never fails
  *
- * Programmer: Elena Pourmal
- *             Thursday, August 17, 2006
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static void
@@ -1631,9 +1575,6 @@ print_object_statistics(const char *name)
  *
  * Failure: Never fails
  *
- * Programmer: Elena Pourmal
- *             Thursday, August 17, 2006
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static void
diff --git a/tools/src/misc/h5debug.c b/tools/src/misc/h5debug.c
index 9bac669..a8ba2a5 100644
--- a/tools/src/misc/h5debug.c
+++ b/tools/src/misc/h5debug.c
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Created:             debug.c
- *                      Jul 18 1997
- *                      Robb Matzke
  *
  * Purpose:             Debugs an existing HDF5 file at a low level.
  *
@@ -65,9 +63,6 @@
  *
  * Return:  Non-NULL on success/NULL on failure
  *
- * Programmer:  Quincey Koziol
- *    Sep 11 2008
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static const H5B2_class_t *
@@ -146,9 +141,6 @@ get_H5B2_class(const uint8_t *sig)
  *
  * Return:  Non-NULL on success/NULL on failure
  *
- * Programmer:  Quincey Koziol
- *    Sep 11 2008
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static const H5EA_class_t *
@@ -187,9 +179,6 @@ get_H5EA_class(const uint8_t *sig)
  *
  * Return:  Non-NULL on success/NULL on failure
  *
- * Programmer:  Quincey Koziol
- *    Sep 11 2008
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static const H5FA_class_t *
@@ -228,9 +217,6 @@ get_H5FA_class(const uint8_t *sig)
  *
  *              Failure:        exit (non-zero)
  *
- * Programmer:  Robb Matzke
- *              Jul 18 1997
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 int
diff --git a/tools/src/misc/h5mkgrp.c b/tools/src/misc/h5mkgrp.c
index 36e6c15..b2c9000 100644
--- a/tools/src/misc/h5mkgrp.c
+++ b/tools/src/misc/h5mkgrp.c
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ mkgrp_opt_t params_g; /* Command line parameter settings */
  *
  * Return:      Does not return
  *
- * Programmer: Quincey Koziol, 2/13/2007
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static void
@@ -79,8 +77,6 @@ leave(int ret)
  *
  * Return: void
  *
- * Programmer: Quincey Koziol, 2/13/2007
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static void
@@ -125,8 +121,6 @@ usage(const char *prog)
  * Return:      Success: 0
  *              Failure: -1
  *
- * Programmer: Quincey Koziol, 2/13/2007
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static int
@@ -275,8 +269,6 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv, mkgrp_opt_t *options)
  *
  * Purpose: Create group(s) in an HDF5 file
  *
- * Programmer: Quincey Koziol, 2/13/2007
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 int
diff --git a/tools/src/misc/h5repart.c b/tools/src/misc/h5repart.c
index 004241d..5256c5e 100644
--- a/tools/src/misc/h5repart.c
+++ b/tools/src/misc/h5repart.c
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@
  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
 
 /*
- * Programmer:  Robb Matzke
- *              Wednesday, May 13, 1998
- *
  * Purpose:    Repartitions a file family.  This program can be used to
  *        split a single file into a family of files, join a family of
  *        files into a single file, or copy one family to another while
@@ -42,9 +39,6 @@
  *
  * Return:    void
  *
- * Programmer:    Robb Matzke
- *              Wednesday, May 13, 1998
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static void
@@ -86,8 +80,6 @@ usage(const char *progname)
  *        Failure:    Calls usage() which exits with a non-zero
  *                status.
  *
- * Programmer:    Robb Matzke
- *              Wednesday, May 13, 1998
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static off_t
@@ -141,9 +133,6 @@ get_size(const char *progname, int *argno, int argc, char *argv[])
  *
  *        Failure:
  *
- * Programmer:    Robb Matzke
- *              Wednesday, May 13, 1998
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 H5_GCC_CLANG_DIAG_OFF("format-nonliteral")