`file-attribute' accessors

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

I was reading code that said `(nth 7 (file-attributes file-name))', and
I had to look up the doc string of `file-attributes' and find item seven
to understand what the code was trying to do.

Wouldn't it be nice if we had accessor functions for these things
instead of making people write `nth 7'?  If the code said
`(file-attribute-size (file-attributes file-name))', that would have
made things more understandable.  (And probably easier to write, too,
since one wouldn't have to consult the `file-attributes' doc string
every time...)

If this sounds OK, I can add the, erm, 11 trivial accessor functions and
adjust the documentation of `file-attributes' in trunk.

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