Function: dired-file-marker
dired-file-marker is a byte-compiled function defined in dired.el.gz.
Signature
(dired-file-marker FILE)
Source Code
;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/dired.el.gz
(defun dired-file-marker (file)
;; Return FILE's marker, or nil if unmarked.
(save-excursion
(and (dired-goto-file file)
(progn
(beginning-of-line)
(if (not (equal ?\s (following-char)))
(following-char))))))