Remove "Programmer" lines (#3294)

author: Dana Robinson <43805+derobins@users.noreply.github.com> 2023-07-27 21:08:47 (GMT)
committer: GitHub <noreply@github.com> 2023-07-27 21:08:47 (GMT)
commit: 61186204c020a81b5b0044a3b5e08311ccf1424d (patch)
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diff --git a/tools/lib/h5diff_attr.c b/tools/lib/h5diff_attr.c
index 0dbaee1..474d83c 100644
--- a/tools/lib/h5diff_attr.c
+++ b/tools/lib/h5diff_attr.c
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ typedef struct table_attrs_t {
  * Parameter:
  *  - tbl [OUT]
  *
- * Programmer: Jonathan Kim
- *
- * Date: March 15, 2011
  *------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 static void
 table_attrs_init(table_attrs_t **tbl)
@@ -64,9 +61,6 @@ table_attrs_init(table_attrs_t **tbl)
  * Parameter:
  *  - table [IN]
  *
- * Programmer: Jonathan Kim
- *
- * Date: March 15, 2011
  *------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 static void
 table_attrs_free(table_attrs_t *table)
@@ -98,9 +92,6 @@ table_attrs_free(table_attrs_t *table)
  *  - name [IN]  : attribute name
  *  - table [OUT]
  *
- * Programmer: Jonathan Kim
- *
- * Date: March 15, 2011
  *------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 static void
 table_attr_mark_exist(const unsigned *exist, char *name, table_attrs_t *table)
diff --git a/tools/lib/h5tools.h b/tools/lib/h5tools.h
index 3b0d5b9..1c63ed0 100644
--- a/tools/lib/h5tools.h
+++ b/tools/lib/h5tools.h
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@
  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
 
 /*
- * Programmer:  Robb Matzke
- *              Thursday, July 23, 1998
- *
  * Purpose:     Support functions for the various tools.
  */
 #ifndef H5TOOLS_H
diff --git a/tools/lib/h5tools_dump.c b/tools/lib/h5tools_dump.c
index f7298cb..956c41d 100644
--- a/tools/lib/h5tools_dump.c
+++ b/tools/lib/h5tools_dump.c
@@ -230,8 +230,6 @@ h5tools_dump_init(void)
  *      END_OF_DATA).
  * Return: Success:    SUCCEED
  *         Failure:    FAIL
- * Programmer:
- *      Robb Matzke, Monday, April 26, 1999
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -1533,12 +1531,6 @@ h5tools_display_simple_subset(FILE *stream, const h5tool_format_t *info, h5tools
  * Return:
  *      On success, return SUCCEED. Otherwise, the function returns FAIL.
  *
- * Original programmer:
- *      Bill Wendling, Wednesday, March 07, 2001
- *
- * Rewritten with modified algorithm by:
- *      Pedro Vicente, Wednesday, January 16, 2008, contributions from Quincey Koziol
- *
  * Algorithm
  *
  * In a inner loop, the parameters from SSET are translated into temporary
diff --git a/tools/lib/h5tools_ref.c b/tools/lib/h5tools_ref.c
index 2d95732..065fce1 100644
--- a/tools/lib/h5tools_ref.c
+++ b/tools/lib/h5tools_ref.c
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ static int ref_path_table_put(const char *, const H5O_token_t *token);
  *
  * Return:      Non-negative on success, negative on failure
  *
- * Programmer:  Quincey Koziol
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static herr_t
@@ -72,8 +70,6 @@ free_ref_path_info(void *item, void H5_ATTR_UNUSED *key, void H5_ATTR_UNUSED *op
  *
  * Return:      Error status.
  *
- * Programmer:  REMcG
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static herr_t
@@ -124,8 +120,6 @@ ref_path_table_cmp(const void *key1, const void *key2)
  *
  * Return:      Non-negative on success, negative on failure
  *
- * Programmer:  Quincey Koziol
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static int
@@ -156,8 +150,6 @@ init_ref_path_table(void)
  *
  * Return:      Non-negative on success, negative on failure
  *
- * Programmer:  Quincey Koziol
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 int
@@ -181,8 +173,6 @@ term_ref_path_table(void)
  *              parameter if the table entry is found by the given path
  *              name.
  *
- * Programmer:  REMcG
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 int
@@ -229,8 +219,6 @@ ref_path_table_lookup(const char *thepath, H5O_token_t *token)
  *
  * Return:      Non-negative on success, negative on failure
  *
- * Programmer:  REMcG
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static int
@@ -312,8 +300,6 @@ ref_path_table_gen_fake(const char *path, H5O_token_t *token)
  *
  * Return:      Return a path to the object, or NULL if not found.
  *
- * Programmer:  REMcG
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 const char *
@@ -371,8 +357,6 @@ lookup_ref_path(H5R_ref_t refbuf)
  *
  * Return:      Error status.
  *
- * Programmer:  REMcG
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 herr_t
diff --git a/tools/lib/h5tools_str.c b/tools/lib/h5tools_str.c
index 3f38805..2906cc5 100644
--- a/tools/lib/h5tools_str.c
+++ b/tools/lib/h5tools_str.c
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ void           h5tools_str_indent(h5tools_str_t *str, const h5tool_format_t *inf
  *
  * Return:  void
  *
- * Programmer:  Robb Matzke
- *              Monday, April 26, 1999
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 void
@@ -79,8 +77,6 @@ h5tools_str_close(h5tools_str_t *str)
  *
  *          Failure:    0
  *
- * Programmer:  Robb Matzke
- *              Monday, April 26, 1999
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 H5_ATTR_PURE size_t
@@ -99,8 +95,6 @@ h5tools_str_len(h5tools_str_t *str)
  *
  *          Failure:    NULL
  *
- * Programmer:  Robb Matzke
- *              Monday, April 26, 1999
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 char *
@@ -174,8 +168,6 @@ h5tools_str_append(h5tools_str_t *str /*in,out*/, const char *fmt, ...)
  *
  *          Failure:    NULL
  *
- * Programmer:  Robb Matzke
- *              Monday, April 26, 1999
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 char *
@@ -201,8 +193,6 @@ h5tools_str_reset(h5tools_str_t *str /*in,out*/)
  *
  *          Failure:    NULL
  *
- * Programmer:  Robb Matzke
- *              Monday, April 26, 1999
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 char *
@@ -229,8 +219,6 @@ h5tools_str_trunc(h5tools_str_t *str /*in,out*/, size_t size)
  *
  *          Failure:    NULL
  *
- * Programmer:  Robb Matzke
- *              Monday, April 26, 1999
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 char *
@@ -1497,8 +1485,6 @@ h5tools_str_sprint_reference(h5tools_str_t *str, H5R_ref_t *ref_vp)
  *              buffer has as many left-to-right escapes as
  *              possible before overflow would have happened.
  *
- * Programmer:  Robb Matzke
- *              Monday, April 26, 1999
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static char *
@@ -1579,8 +1565,6 @@ h5tools_escape(char *s /*in,out*/, size_t size)
  *
  * Return:      TRUE if all bytes are zero; FALSE otherwise
  *
- * Programmer:  Robb Matzke
- *              Monday, June  7, 1999
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static hbool_t
@@ -1602,9 +1586,6 @@ h5tools_str_is_zero(const void *_mem, size_t size)
  *
  * Return:      char *
  *
- * Programmer:  Peter Cao
- *              March 8, 2012
- *
  * Notes:
  *   Applications need to call free() to free the memory allocated for
  *   the return string
diff --git a/tools/lib/h5tools_str.h b/tools/lib/h5tools_str.h
index c0258ff..831778b 100644
--- a/tools/lib/h5tools_str.h
+++ b/tools/lib/h5tools_str.h
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@
  * help@hdfgroup.org.                                                        *
  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
 
-/*
- * Programmer:  Bill Wendling
- *              Monday, 19. February 2001
- */
 #ifndef H5TOOLS_STR_H
 #define H5TOOLS_STR_H
 
diff --git a/tools/lib/h5tools_utils.c b/tools/lib/h5tools_utils.c
index 652dafa..c5c1f5b 100644
--- a/tools/lib/h5tools_utils.c
+++ b/tools/lib/h5tools_utils.c
@@ -337,9 +337,6 @@ parse_subset_params(const char *dset)
  *                 NOTE: `cpy_out` string is malloc'd by function,
  *                       and should be freed when done.
  *
- * Programmer: Jacob Smith
- *             2017-11-10
- *
  *****************************************************************************
  */
 herr_t
@@ -1117,9 +1114,6 @@ done:
  *                 * (&fa, {"...", "...", ""})
  *                 * (&fa, {"...", "...", "..."})
  *
- * Programmer: Jacob Smith
- *             2017-11-13
- *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 int
diff --git a/tools/lib/h5tools_utils.h b/tools/lib/h5tools_utils.h
index a4fde5c..c721ab4 100644
--- a/tools/lib/h5tools_utils.h
+++ b/tools/lib/h5tools_utils.h
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@
  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
 
 /*
- * Programmer:  Bill Wendling
- *              Tuesday, 6. March 2001
- *
  * Purpose:     Support functions for the various tools.
  */
 #ifndef H5TOOLS_UTILS_H
diff --git a/tools/lib/io_timer.c b/tools/lib/io_timer.c
index 455e28a..a907e39 100644
--- a/tools/lib/io_timer.c
+++ b/tools/lib/io_timer.c
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ io_time_t *timer_g; /* timer: global for stub functions     */
  * Purpose:   Struct two time values, and return the difference, in microseconds
  *
  *         Note that the function assumes that a > b
- * Programmer: Leon Arber, 1/27/06
  */
 static double
 sub_time(struct timeval *a, struct timeval *b)
@@ -56,7 +55,6 @@ sub_time(struct timeval *a, struct timeval *b)
  *              what type of timer they want (MPI_CLOCK for MPI_Wtime or
  *              SYS_CLOCK for system time).
  * Return:      Pointer to io_time object
- * Programmer:  Bill Wendling, 01. October 2001
  */
 io_time_t *
 io_time_new(clock_type type)
@@ -76,7 +74,6 @@ io_time_new(clock_type type)
  *              need to call on a pointer allocated with the ``io_time_new''
  *              function.
  * Return:      Nothing
- * Programmer:  Bill Wendling, 01. October 2001
  */
 void
 io_time_destroy(io_time_t *pt)
@@ -94,7 +91,6 @@ io_time_destroy(io_time_t *pt)
  *              This really only needs to be called if you didn't construct a
  *              timer with the pio_timer_new function (shame!).
  * Return:      Nothing
- * Programmer:  Bill Wendling, 04. October 2001
  */
 void
 set_timer_type(io_time_t *pt, clock_type type)
@@ -106,7 +102,6 @@ set_timer_type(io_time_t *pt, clock_type type)
  * Function:    get_timer_type
  * Purpose:     Get the type of the timer.
  * Return:      MPI_CLOCK or SYS_CLOCK.
- * Programmer:  Bill Wendling, 04. October 2001
  */
 clock_type
 get_timer_type(io_time_t *pt)
@@ -119,7 +114,6 @@ get_timer_type(io_time_t *pt)
  * Function:    io_time_set
  * Purpose:     Set the time in a ``io_time_t'' object.
  * Return:      Pointer to the passed in ``io_time_t'' object if SUCCEED; Null otherwise.
- * Programmer:  Bill Wendling, 01. October 2001
  */
 io_time_t *
 io_time_set(io_time_t *pt, timer_type t, int start_stop)
@@ -208,7 +202,6 @@ io_time_set(io_time_t *pt, timer_type t, int start_stop)
  * Function:    io_time_get
  * Purpose:     Get the time from a ``io_time_t'' object.
  * Return:      The number of seconds as a DOUBLE.
- * Programmer:  Bill Wendling, 01. October 2001
  */
 H5_ATTR_PURE double
 io_time_get(io_time_t *pt, timer_type t)
diff --git a/tools/libtest/h5tools_test_utils.c b/tools/libtest/h5tools_test_utils.c
index 7f49f97..d1da145 100644
--- a/tools/libtest/h5tools_test_utils.c
+++ b/tools/libtest/h5tools_test_utils.c
@@ -64,9 +64,6 @@
  *         JSVERIFY_NOT()   - long-int inequality check; prints
  *         JSVERIFY_STR()   - string equality check; prints
  *
- * Programmer: Jacob Smith
- *             2017-10-24
- *
  *****************************************************************************/
 
 H5_GCC_CLANG_DIAG_OFF("format")
@@ -93,9 +90,6 @@ H5_GCC_CLANG_DIAG_OFF("format")
  *
  *     *FAILED* at somefile.c:12 in function_name()...
  *
- * Programmer: Jacob Smith
- *             2017-10-24
- *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 #define JSFAILED_AT()                                                                                        \
@@ -121,9 +115,6 @@ H5_GCC_CLANG_DIAG_OFF("format")
  *     Prints a generic "FAILED AT" line to stdout and jumps to `error`,
  *     similar to `TEST_ERROR` in h5test.h
  *
- * Programmer: Jacob Smith
- *             2017-10-23
- *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 #define FAIL_IF(condition)                                                                                   \
@@ -149,9 +140,6 @@ H5_GCC_CLANG_DIAG_OFF("format")
  *     However, `JSVERIFY(5, my_op(), "bad return")` may be even clearer.
  *         (see JSVERIFY)
  *
- * Programmer: Jacob Smith
- *             2017-10-24
- *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 #define FAIL_UNLESS(condition)                                                                               \
@@ -180,9 +168,6 @@ H5_GCC_CLANG_DIAG_OFF("format")
  *       ! Expected 425
  *       ! Actual   3
  *
- * Programmer: Jacob Smith
- *             2017-10-24
- *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 #define JSERR_LONG(expected, actual, reason)                                                                 \
@@ -219,9 +204,6 @@ H5_GCC_CLANG_DIAG_OFF("format")
  *     !!! Actual:
  *     not what I expected at all
  *
- * Programmer: Jacob Smith
- *             2017-10-24
- *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 #define JSERR_STR(expected, actual, reason)                                                                  \
@@ -248,9 +230,6 @@ H5_GCC_CLANG_DIAG_OFF("format")
  *     (with `reason`, if not NULL; expected/actual if NULL)
  *     and jump to `error` at end of function
  *
- * Programmer: Jacob Smith
- *             2017-10-24
- *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 #define JSVERIFY(expected, actual, reason)                                                                   \
@@ -270,9 +249,6 @@ H5_GCC_CLANG_DIAG_OFF("format")
  *     (with `reason`, if not NULL; expected/actual if NULL)
  *     and jump to `error` at end of function
  *
- * Programmer: Jacob Smith
- *             2017-10-24
- *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 #define JSVERIFY_NOT(expected, actual, reason)                                                               \
@@ -292,9 +268,6 @@ H5_GCC_CLANG_DIAG_OFF("format")
  *     (with `reason`, if not NULL; expected/actual if NULL)
  *     and jump to `error` at end of function
  *
- * Programmer: Jacob Smith
- *             2017-10-24
- *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 #define JSVERIFY_STR(expected, actual, reason)                                                               \
@@ -309,8 +282,6 @@ H5_GCC_CLANG_DIAG_OFF("format")
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Macro: JSVERIFY()
  * See: JSVERIFY documentation above.
- * Programmer: Jacob Smith
- *             2017-10-14
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 #define JSVERIFY(actual, expected, reason)                                                                   \
@@ -322,8 +293,6 @@ H5_GCC_CLANG_DIAG_OFF("format")
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Macro: JSVERIFY_NOT()
  * See: JSVERIFY_NOT documentation above.
- * Programmer: Jacob Smith
- *             2017-10-14
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 #define JSVERIFY_NOT(actual, expected, reason)                                                               \
@@ -335,8 +304,6 @@ H5_GCC_CLANG_DIAG_OFF("format")
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Macro: JSVERIFY_STR()
  * See: JSVERIFY_STR documentation above.
- * Programmer: Jacob Smith
- *             2017-10-14
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 #define JSVERIFY_STR(actual, expected, reason)                                                               \
@@ -369,9 +336,6 @@ H5_GCC_CLANG_DIAG_OFF("format")
  *     0   Tests passed.
  *     1   Tests failed.
  *
- * Programmer: Jacob Smith
- *             2017-11-11
- *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static unsigned
@@ -590,9 +554,6 @@ error:
  * Return:     0 if test passes
  *             1 if failure
  *
- * Programmer: Jacob Smith
- *             2017-11-13
- *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static unsigned
@@ -968,9 +929,6 @@ error:
  * Return:     0 if test passes
  *             1 if failure
  *
- * Programmer: Jacob Smith
- *             2018-07-12
- *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static unsigned
@@ -1220,9 +1178,6 @@ H5_GCC_CLANG_DIAG_ON("format")
  * Return:     0 iff all test pass
  *             1 iff any failures
  *
- * Programmer: Jacob Smith
- *             2017-11-10
- *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 int
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  = "&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")
diff --git a/tools/test/h5copy/h5copygentest.c b/tools/test/h5copy/h5copygentest.c
index 899eaa7..db50693 100644
--- a/tools/test/h5copy/h5copygentest.c
+++ b/tools/test/h5copy/h5copygentest.c
@@ -491,7 +491,6 @@ gent_nested_group(hid_t loc_id)
  *
  * Purpose: Generate object references to dataset and group
  *
- * Programmer: Jonathan Kim (Feb 23, 2010)
  *------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 static herr_t
 gen_obj_ref(hid_t loc_id)
@@ -592,7 +591,6 @@ out:
  *
  * Purpose: Generate dataset region references
  *
- * Programmer: Jonathan Kim (Feb 23, 2010)
  *------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 static herr_t
 gen_region_ref(hid_t loc_id)
@@ -799,7 +797,6 @@ out:
  *
  * Purpose: generate target external link objs
  *
- * Programmer: Jonathan Kim (March 03, 2010)
  *------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 static herr_t
 gen_extlink_trg(hid_t loc_id)
@@ -849,7 +846,6 @@ out:
  *
  * Purpose: generate source external link objs
  *
- * Programmer: Jonathan Kim (March 03, 2010)
  *------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 static herr_t
 gen_extlink_src(hid_t loc_id)
diff --git a/tools/test/h5diff/h5diffgentest.c b/tools/test/h5diff/h5diffgentest.c
index 5749d29..0661b5a 100644
--- a/tools/test/h5diff/h5diffgentest.c
+++ b/tools/test/h5diff/h5diffgentest.c
@@ -30,10 +30,6 @@ size_t H5TOOLS_MALLOCSIZE = (128 * 1024 * 1024);
  *
  * Purpose: generate files for h5diff testing
  *
- * Programmer: Pedro Vicente
- *
- * Date: November 12, 2003
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
@@ -2077,8 +2073,6 @@ test_special_datasets(const char *file, int make_diffs /* flag to modify data bu
  * Purpose: Create test files to compare links, one has longer name than
  *          the other and short name is subset of long name.
  *
- * Programmer: Jonathan Kim (Feb 17, 2010)
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 static int
 test_link_name(const char *fname1)
@@ -2150,8 +2144,6 @@ out:
  *
  * Purpose: Create test files to compare soft links in various way
  *
- * Programmer: Jonathan Kim (Feb 17, 2010)
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 static int
 test_soft_links(const char *fname1)
@@ -2270,8 +2262,6 @@ out:
  *
  * Purpose: Create test files to compare linked soft links in various way
  *
- * Programmer: Jonathan Kim (Feb 17, 2010)
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 static int
 test_linked_softlinks(const char *fname1)
@@ -2452,8 +2442,6 @@ out:
  *
  * Purpose: Create test files to compare external links in various way
  *
- * Programmer: Jonathan Kim (Feb 17, 2010)
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 static int
 test_external_links(const char *fname1, const char *fname2)
@@ -2600,8 +2588,6 @@ out:
  * Purpose: Create test files to compare external links which point to
  *          soft link in various way
  *
- * Programmer: Jonathan Kim (Feb 17, 2010)
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 static int
 test_ext2soft_links(const char *fname1, const char *fname2)
@@ -2820,8 +2806,6 @@ gen_dataset_idx(const char *file, int format)
  *
  * Purpose: Create test files to compare dangling links in various way
  *
- * Programmer: Jonathan Kim (Feb 17, 2010)
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 static int
 test_dangle_links(const char *fname1, const char *fname2)
@@ -3021,8 +3005,6 @@ out:
  *
  * Purpose: For testing comparing group member objects recursively
  *
- * Programmer: Jonathan Kim (Aug 19, 2010)
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 static int
 test_group_recurse(const char *fname1, const char *fname2)
@@ -3434,8 +3416,6 @@ out:
  *   For testing comparing group member objects recursively via multiple
  *   linked external links
  *
- * Programmer: Jonathan Kim (Sep 16, 2010)
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 #define GRP_R_DSETNAME1 "dset1"
 #define GRP_R_DSETNAME2 "dset2"
@@ -3748,8 +3728,6 @@ out:
  *          Same structure, same obj names
  * Test : exclude obj with different value to verify the rest are same
  *
- * Programmer: Jonathan Kim (July, 21, 2010)
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 static int
 test_exclude_obj1(const char *fname1, const char *fname2)
@@ -3869,8 +3847,6 @@ out:
  *          different structure and name
  * Test : exclude different objs to verify the rest are same
  *
- * Programmer: Jonathan Kim (July, 21, 2010)
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 static int
 test_exclude_obj2(const char *fname1, const char *fname2)
@@ -4001,8 +3977,6 @@ out:
  *          Only one file contains unique objs. Common objs are same.
  * Test : exclude unique objs to verify the rest are same - HDFFV-7837
  *
- * Programmer: Jonathan Kim (Mar, 19, 2012)
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 static int
 test_exclude_obj3(const char *fname1, const char *fname2)
@@ -4088,8 +4062,6 @@ out:
  *          along with fixed length string/string array types in
  *          a compound type dataset.
  *
- * Programmer: Jonathan Kim (Oct, 26, 2010)
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 #define STR_RANK             1
 #define VLEN_STR_DIM         1
@@ -4761,8 +4733,6 @@ out:
  *
  * Purpose: Test diffs of enum values which may include invalid values.
  *
- * Programmer: Dana Robinson
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 static int
@@ -4872,8 +4842,6 @@ out:
  * Function: test_comps_vlen_arry()
  *  - type: compound->vlen->compound->array->compound
  *
- * Programmer: Jonathan Kim (Sep, 1, 2011)
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 #define SDIM_DSET       2
 #define SDIM_CMPD_ARRAY 2
diff --git a/tools/test/h5diff/testh5diff.sh.in b/tools/test/h5diff/testh5diff.sh.in
index a5b307e..7cc82a1 100644
--- a/tools/test/h5diff/testh5diff.sh.in
+++ b/tools/test/h5diff/testh5diff.sh.in
@@ -12,19 +12,6 @@
 #
 # Tests for the h5diff tool
 #
-# Modification:
-#   Albert Cheng, 2005/08/17
-#   Added the SKIP feature.
-#   Albert Cheng, 2005/2/3
-#   Added -p option for parallel h5diff tests.
-#   Pedro Vicente Nunes:
-#    10/25/2005: Added test #9
-#    11/27/2006: Added test #10, #11
-#   Jonathan Kim:
-#    Improved to use single line
-#    Improved to check exit code (only serial mode, not necessary for parallel)
-#    Added test 400 - 425  (links with --follow-symlinks option)
-#    Added test 450 - 459  (dangling links)
 
 srcdir=@srcdir@
 
diff --git a/tools/test/h5dump/binread.c b/tools/test/h5dump/binread.c
index 2315e85..50c88ad 100644
--- a/tools/test/h5dump/binread.c
+++ b/tools/test/h5dump/binread.c
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@
  *
  * Return: void
  *
- * Programmer:  Pedro Vicente Nunes
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static void
diff --git a/tools/test/h5dump/h5dumpgentest.c b/tools/test/h5dump/h5dumpgentest.c
index 3628a4a..52e2d3f 100644
--- a/tools/test/h5dump/h5dumpgentest.c
+++ b/tools/test/h5dump/h5dumpgentest.c
@@ -659,8 +659,6 @@ gent_softlink(void)
  * Return:
  *    SUCCEED
  *    FAIL
- * Programmer: Jonathan Kim
- * Date: May 26, 2010
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 #define NX 4
 #define NY 2
@@ -4026,10 +4024,6 @@ gent_char(void)
  *
  * Return: void
  *
- * Programmer: Pedro Vicente
- *
- * Date: May 28, 2003
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
@@ -4453,10 +4447,6 @@ write_attr_in(hid_t loc_id, const char *dset_name, /* for saving reference to da
  *
  * Return: void
  *
- * Programmer: Pedro Vicente
- *
- * Date: May 28, 2003
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
@@ -4889,10 +4879,6 @@ write_dset_in(hid_t loc_id, const char *dset_name, /* for saving reference to da
  *
  * Return: void
  *
- * Programmer: Pedro Vicente
- *
- * Date: May 19, 2003
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
@@ -4958,10 +4944,6 @@ gent_attr_all(void)
  *
  * Purpose: utility function to write an attribute
  *
- * Programmer: Pedro Vicente
- *
- * Date: May 19, 2003
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
@@ -4996,10 +4978,6 @@ write_attr(hid_t loc_id, int rank, hsize_t *dims, const char *attr_name, hid_t t
  *
  * Return:
  *
- * Programmer: Pedro Vicente
- *
- * Date: May 27, 2003
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
@@ -7255,8 +7233,6 @@ gent_dataset_idx(void)
  *   Four more datasets of 1, 2, 4 and 8 bytes of signed int types are created.
  *   Fill them with raw data such that no bit will be all zero in a dataset.
  *   A dummy dataset of double type is created for failure test.
- * Created:  Albert Cheng, 2010/5/10.
- * Modified: Allen Byrne, 2011/1/5 Use file to test Signed/Unsigned datatypes
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static void
diff --git a/tools/test/h5jam/testh5jam.sh.in b/tools/test/h5jam/testh5jam.sh.in
index b2464ed..805ce11 100644
--- a/tools/test/h5jam/testh5jam.sh.in
+++ b/tools/test/h5jam/testh5jam.sh.in
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ CLEANUP() {
 
 #  SETUP file tocopy
 #    Clone a standard input file in the test directory
-#  Modification:
+#
 #    Was using "cp" command which means file $2 will inherit the permission
 #    setting of file $1.  If $1 is read-only, so will $2.  That will cause
 #    failure when the test attempts to write it later on.  Changed to use
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/dynlib_rpk.c b/tools/test/h5repack/dynlib_rpk.c
index 225cea8..739dbe0 100644
--- a/tools/test/h5repack/dynlib_rpk.c
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/dynlib_rpk.c
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@
  * help@hdfgroup.org.                                                        *
  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
 /*
- * Programmer:    Raymond Lu
- *        13 February 2013
- *
  * Purpose:    Tests the plugin module (H5PL)
  */
 
@@ -59,9 +56,6 @@ H5PLget_plugin_info(void)
  *
  *        Failure:    0
  *
- * Programmer:    Raymond Lu
- *              29 March 2013
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static size_t
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/h5repack.sh.in b/tools/test/h5repack/h5repack.sh.in
index 83f093a..9b58965 100644
--- a/tools/test/h5repack/h5repack.sh.in
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/h5repack.sh.in
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@
 #
 # Tests for the h5repack tool
 #
-# Modification:
-#  Pedro Vicente Nunes, 11/15/2006
-#  Added $FILEN variables for file names
-#
 
 srcdir=@srcdir@
 
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/h5repacktst.c b/tools/test/h5repack/h5repacktst.c
index 1c47827..5cd6fe3 100644
--- a/tools/test/h5repack/h5repacktst.c
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/h5repacktst.c
@@ -3922,10 +3922,6 @@ out:
  *
  * Purpose: write datasets in LOC_ID
  *
- * Programmer: Pedro Vicente
- *
- * Date: November 12, 2003
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static int
@@ -4759,10 +4755,6 @@ out:
  *
  * Purpose: write attributes in LOC_ID (dataset, group, named datatype)
  *
- * Programmer: Pedro Vicente
- *
- * Date: November 12, 2003
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
@@ -5897,10 +5889,6 @@ out:
  *
  * Purpose: utility function to create and write a dataset in LOC_ID
  *
- * Programmer: Pedro Vicente
- *
- * Date: November 12, 2003
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static int
@@ -5950,10 +5938,6 @@ out:
  *
  * Purpose: utility function to create and write a dataset in LOC_ID
  *
- * Programmer: Pedro Vicente
- *
- * Date: November 12, 2003
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static int
@@ -6012,10 +5996,6 @@ out:
  *
  * Purpose: utility function to write an attribute in LOC_ID
  *
- * Programmer: Pedro Vicente
- *
- * Date: November 12, 2003
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static int
@@ -6185,7 +6165,6 @@ out:
  *  this function depends on locally created objects, however can be modified
  *  to be independent as necessary
  *
- * Programmer: Jonathan Kim (March 23, 2010)
  *------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 static herr_t
 add_attr_with_objref(hid_t file_id, hid_t obj_id)
@@ -6246,7 +6225,6 @@ out:
  *  this function depends on locally created objects, however can be modified
  *  to be independent as necessary
  *
- * Programmer: Jonathan Kim (March 23, 2010)
  *------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 static herr_t
 add_attr_with_regref(hid_t file_id, hid_t obj_id)
@@ -6311,7 +6289,6 @@ out:
  * Note:
  *  This function is to use along with gen_obj_ref() gen_region_ref()
  *
- * Programmer: Jonathan Kim (March 23, 2010)
  *------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 static herr_t
 gen_refered_objs(hid_t loc_id)
@@ -6430,7 +6407,6 @@ out:
  * Note:
  *  copied from h5copygentest.c and update to create named datatype
  *
- * Programmer: Jonathan Kim (March 18, 2010)
  *------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 static herr_t
 gen_obj_ref(hid_t loc_id)
@@ -6537,7 +6513,6 @@ out:
  * Note:
  *  copied from h5copygentest.c
  *
- * Programmer: Jonathan Kim (March 18, 2010)
  *------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 static herr_t
 gen_region_ref(hid_t loc_id)
@@ -6665,7 +6640,6 @@ out:
  *
  * Purpose: create a file with obj and region references
  *
- * Programmer: Jonathan Kim (March 18, 2010)
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static herr_t
@@ -6708,7 +6682,6 @@ make_references(hid_t loc_id)
  *   3. obj ref in attribute of vlen type
  *   4. region ref in attribute of vlen type
  *
- * Programmer: Jonathan (March 25, 2010)
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 /* obj dset */
diff --git a/tools/test/h5repack/testh5repack_detect_szip.c b/tools/test/h5repack/testh5repack_detect_szip.c
index 02a6d2b..f2410f6 100644
--- a/tools/test/h5repack/testh5repack_detect_szip.c
+++ b/tools/test/h5repack/testh5repack_detect_szip.c
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@
  *
  * Return:
  *
- * Programmer:
- *
- * Date:
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
diff --git a/tools/test/misc/clear_open_chk.c b/tools/test/misc/clear_open_chk.c
index ec86ec4..3095618 100644
--- a/tools/test/misc/clear_open_chk.c
+++ b/tools/test/misc/clear_open_chk.c
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ usage(void)
  * Return:    0 on success
  *        1 on failure
  *
- * Programmer:    Vailin Choi; July 2013
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 int
diff --git a/tools/test/misc/h5clear_gentest.c b/tools/test/misc/h5clear_gentest.c
index 15804fe..0b71b23 100644
--- a/tools/test/misc/h5clear_gentest.c
+++ b/tools/test/misc/h5clear_gentest.c
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ const char *FILENAME_ENHANCE[] = {
  * Return:      Success:    0
  *              Failure:    1
  *
- * Programmer:    Vailin Choi; March 2017
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static int
@@ -167,8 +165,6 @@ error:
  * Return:      Success:    0
  *              Failure:    1
  *
- * Programmer:    Vailin Choi; March 2017
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static int
@@ -366,8 +362,6 @@ error:
  * Return:    Success:    0
  *            Failure:    1
  *
- * Programmer:    Vailin Choi; July 2013
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 int
diff --git a/tools/test/misc/h5perf_gentest.c b/tools/test/misc/h5perf_gentest.c
index cf91c79..24d0581 100644
--- a/tools/test/misc/h5perf_gentest.c
+++ b/tools/test/misc/h5perf_gentest.c
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
   creates a large number of attributes, groups, and datasets by specifying
   -a, -g, -d options respectively. Using "-h" option to see details.
 
-  Programmer:  Peter Cao, Jan. 2013
  ****************************************************************************/
 
 #include "hdf5.h"
@@ -128,7 +127,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
   Return:  Non-negative on success/Negative on failure
 
-  Programmer:  Peter Cao, Jan. 2013
  ****************************************************************************/
 herr_t
 create_perf_test_file(const char *fname, int ngrps, int ndsets, int nattrs, hsize_t nrows, hsize_t dim0,
diff --git a/tools/test/misc/h5repart_gentest.c b/tools/test/misc/h5repart_gentest.c
index df1c312..9f0eee1 100644
--- a/tools/test/misc/h5repart_gentest.c
+++ b/tools/test/misc/h5repart_gentest.c
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@
  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
 
 /*
- * Programmer:  Raymond Lu
- *              June 1, 2005
- *
  * Purpose:     Generate a family file of 1024 bytes for each member
  *              for h5repart test.
  */
diff --git a/tools/test/misc/testh5mkgrp.sh.in b/tools/test/misc/testh5mkgrp.sh.in
index aae5c3a..d581fe1 100644
--- a/tools/test/misc/testh5mkgrp.sh.in
+++ b/tools/test/misc/testh5mkgrp.sh.in
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@
 #
 # Tests for the h5mkgrp tool
 #
-# Quincey Koziol
-# Tuesday, February 13, 2007
-#
 
 srcdir=@srcdir@
 
diff --git a/tools/test/perform/chunk.c b/tools/test/perform/chunk.c
index 3f4b3d7..da09639 100644
--- a/tools/test/perform/chunk.c
+++ b/tools/test/perform/chunk.c
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@
  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
 
 /*
- * Programmer:  Robb Matzke
- *              Thursday, May 14, 1998
- *
  * Purpose:	Checks the effect of various I/O request sizes and raw data
  *		cache sizes.  Performance depends on the amount of data read
  *		from disk and we use a filter to get that number.
@@ -94,9 +91,6 @@ const H5Z_class2_t H5Z_COUNTER[1] = {{
  *
  *		Failure:	never fails
  *
- * Programmer:	Robb Matzke
- *              Thursday, May 14, 1998
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static size_t
@@ -118,9 +112,6 @@ counter(unsigned H5_ATTR_UNUSED flags, size_t H5_ATTR_UNUSED cd_nelmts,
  *
  * Return:	void
  *
- * Programmer:	Robb Matzke
- *              Thursday, May 14, 1998
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static void
@@ -168,9 +159,6 @@ create_dataset(void)
  *
  * Return:	Efficiency: data requested divided by data actually read.
  *
- * Programmer:	Robb Matzke
- *              Thursday, May 14, 1998
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static double
@@ -238,9 +226,6 @@ test_rowmaj(int op, size_t cache_size, size_t io_size)
  *
  * Return:	Efficiency.
  *
- * Programmer:	Robb Matzke
- *              Friday, May 15, 1998
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static double
@@ -307,9 +292,6 @@ test_diag(int op, size_t cache_size, size_t io_size, size_t offset)
  *
  *		Failure:
  *
- * Programmer:	Robb Matzke
- *              Thursday, May 14, 1998
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 int
diff --git a/tools/test/perform/iopipe.c b/tools/test/perform/iopipe.c
index c184917..02b1350 100644
--- a/tools/test/perform/iopipe.c
+++ b/tools/test/perform/iopipe.c
@@ -10,11 +10,6 @@
  * help@hdfgroup.org.                                                        *
  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
 
-/*
- * Programmer:  Robb Matzke
- *              Thursday, March 12, 1998
- */
-
 /* See H5private.h for how to include headers */
 #include "hdf5.h"
 
@@ -46,9 +41,6 @@
  *
  * Return:  void
  *
- * Programmer:  Robb Matzke
- *              Thursday, March 12, 1998
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static void
@@ -86,9 +78,6 @@ print_stats(const char *prefix,
  *
  * Return:  void
  *
- * Programmer:  Robb Matzke
- *              Thursday, March 12, 1998
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static void
@@ -116,9 +105,6 @@ synchronize(void)
  *
  *    Failure:
  *
- * Programmer:  Robb Matzke
- *              Thursday, March 12, 1998
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 int
diff --git a/tools/test/perform/overhead.c b/tools/test/perform/overhead.c
index 82c7131..90d5897 100644
--- a/tools/test/perform/overhead.c
+++ b/tools/test/perform/overhead.c
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@
  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
 
 /*
- * Programmer:  Robb Matzke
- *              Monday, September 28, 1998
- *
  * Purpose:  Creates a chunked dataset and measures the storage overhead.
  */
 
@@ -59,9 +56,6 @@ typedef enum fill_t { FILL_ALL, FILL_FORWARD, FILL_REVERSE, FILL_INWARD, FILL_OU
  *
  * Return:  never returns
  *
- * Programmer:  Robb Matzke
- *              Wednesday, September 30, 1998
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static void
@@ -106,9 +100,6 @@ usage(const char *prog)
  *
  * Return:  void
  *
- * Programmer:  Robb Matzke
- *              Thursday, June  4, 1998
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static void
@@ -128,9 +119,6 @@ cleanup(void)
  *
  *    Failure:  -1
  *
- * Programmer:  Robb Matzke
- *    Wednesday, March  4, 1998
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static herr_t
@@ -151,9 +139,6 @@ display_error_cb(hid_t estack, void H5_ATTR_UNUSED *client_data)
  *
  *    Failure:  number of errors
  *
- * Programmer:  Robb Matzke
- *              Wednesday, September 30, 1998
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static int
@@ -322,9 +307,6 @@ error:
  *
  *    Failure:  non-zero
  *
- * Programmer:  Robb Matzke
- *              Monday, September 28, 1998
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 int
diff --git a/tools/test/perform/perf_meta.c b/tools/test/perform/perf_meta.c
index 37a1ffd..5844126 100644
--- a/tools/test/perform/perf_meta.c
+++ b/tools/test/perform/perf_meta.c
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@
  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
 
 /*
- * Programmer:	Raymond Lu
- *		Friday, Oct 3, 2004
- *
  * Purpose:	Tests performance of metadata
  */
 
@@ -70,9 +67,6 @@ void   print_perf(p_time, p_time, p_time);
  *
  * Purpose:	Parse command line options
  *
- * Programmer:	Raymond Lu
- *		Friday, Oct 3, 2003
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static int
@@ -188,9 +182,6 @@ parse_options(int argc, char **argv)
  *
  * Purpose:	Prints help page
  *
- * Programmer:	Raymond Lu
- *		Friday, Oct 3, 2003
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static void
@@ -241,9 +232,6 @@ usage(void)
  *
  *		Failure:	-1
  *
- * Programmer:	Raymond Lu
- *		Friday, Oct 3, 2003
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static herr_t
@@ -279,9 +267,6 @@ error:
  *
  *		Failure:	-1
  *
- * Programmer:	Raymond Lu
- *		Friday, Oct 3, 2003
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static herr_t
@@ -319,9 +304,6 @@ error:
  *
  *		Failure:	-1
  *
- * Programmer:	Raymond Lu
- *		Friday, Oct 3, 2003
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static herr_t
@@ -421,9 +403,6 @@ error:
  *
  *		Failure:	-1
  *
- * Programmer:	Raymond Lu
- *		Friday, Oct 3, 2003
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static herr_t
@@ -522,9 +501,6 @@ error:
  *
  *		Failure:	-1
  *
- * Programmer:	Raymond Lu
- *		Friday, Oct 3, 2003
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static herr_t
@@ -626,9 +602,6 @@ error:
  *
  * Purpose:     Returns time in seconds, in a double number.
  *
- * Programmer:	Raymond Lu
- *		Friday, Oct 3, 2003
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 double
@@ -654,9 +627,6 @@ retrieve_time(void)
  * Purpose:	Calculate total time, maximal and minimal time of
  *              performance.
  *
- * Programmer:	Raymond Lu
- *		Friday, Oct 3, 2003
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 void
@@ -706,9 +676,6 @@ perf(p_time *perf_t, double start_t, double end_t)
  *
  * Purpose:	Print out performance data.
  *
- * Programmer:	Raymond Lu
- *		Friday, Oct 3, 2003
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 void
@@ -732,9 +699,6 @@ print_perf(p_time open_t, p_time close_t, p_time attr_t)
  *
  *		Failure:	exit(1)
  *
- * Programmer:	Raymond Lu
- *		Friday, Oct 3, 2003
- *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 int
diff --git a/tools/test/perform/zip_perf.c b/tools/test/perform/zip_perf.c
index 00b3140..2a794be 100644
--- a/tools/test/perform/zip_perf.c
+++ b/tools/test/perform/zip_perf.c
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ static struct h5_long_options l_opts[] = {{"help", no_arg, 'h'},
 /*
  * Function:    error
  * Purpose:     Display error message and exit.
- * Programmer:  Bill Wendling, 05. June 2002
  */
 static void
 error(const char *fmt, ...)
@@ -97,7 +96,6 @@ error(const char *fmt, ...)
  * Function:    cleanup
  * Purpose:     Cleanup the output file.
  * Returns:     Nothing
- * Programmer:  Bill Wendling, 06. June 2002
  */
 static void
 cleanup(void)
@@ -161,7 +159,6 @@ write_file(Bytef *source, uLongf sourceLen)
  *              Z_MEM_ERROR     - not enough memory
  *              Z_BUF_ERROR     - not enough room in the output buffer
  *              Z_STREAM_ERROR  - level parameter is invalid
- * Programmer:  Bill Wendling, 05. June 2002
  */
 static void
 compress_buffer(Bytef *dest, uLongf *destLen, const Bytef *source, uLong sourceLen)
@@ -194,7 +191,6 @@ compress_buffer(Bytef *dest, uLongf *destLen, const Bytef *source, uLong sourceL
  * Purpose:     Create a new file who's name doesn't conflict with
  *              pre-existing files.
  * Returns:     Nothing
- * Programmer:  Bill Wendling, 06. June 2002
  */
 #define ZIP_PERF_FILE "zip_perf.data"
 static void
@@ -230,7 +226,6 @@ get_unique_name(void)
  * Function:    usage
  * Purpose:     Print a usage message and then exit.
  * Return:      Nothing
- * Programmer:  Bill Wendling, 05. June 2002
  */
 static void
 usage(void)
@@ -272,7 +267,6 @@ usage(void)
  * Return:      The size as a size_t because this is related to buffer size.
  *              If an unknown size indicator is used, then the program will
  *              exit with EXIT_FAILURE as the return value.
- * Programmer:  Bill Wendling, 05. June 2002
  */
 static unsigned long
 parse_size_directive(const char *size)
@@ -460,7 +454,6 @@ do_write_test(unsigned long file_size, unsigned long min_buf_size, unsigned long
  * Function:    main
  * Purpose:     Run the program
  * Return:      EXIT_SUCCESS or EXIT_FAILURE
- * Programmer:  Bill Wendling, 05. June 2002
  */
 int
 main(int argc, char *argv[])
@@ -547,7 +540,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
  * Purpose:     Dummy main() function for if HDF5 was configured without
  *              zlib stuff.
  * Return:      EXIT_SUCCESS
- * Programmer:  Bill Wendling, 10. June 2002
  */
 int
 main(void)
author	Dana Robinson <43805+derobins@users.noreply.github.com>	2023-07-27 21:08:47 (GMT)
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