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+# Package WOLF
+
+Enforces arbitrary set of style guidelines.
+
+This package walks over common lisp code to make sure it adheres to a set of syntactic guidelines designed to ensure a semblance of uniformity.  No current one was found that could be configured to work the way this one does, so instead of writing a configurable tool, another unconfigurable one was born.
+
+## Contents
+
+* **function [check-directory](#function-check-directory)** - _check-directory_ grabs all .lisp files in the tree under _dir_, and loads checks them all.
+* **function [check-file](#function-check-file)** - _check-file_ runs all the checks against a file and returns as soon as the first style error is found.
+* **function [pretty-print-check-directory](#function-pretty-print-check-directory)** - _pretty-print-check-directory_ checks _dir_ for any errors, dumping them to output and returning a single flag.
+
+## Function **CHECK-DIRECTORY**
+
+#### Syntax:
+
+**check-directory** _dir_ => _results_
+
+```results::= result*```  
+
+#### Arguments and Values:
+
+_dir_---A directory to recurse into and check files  
+_result_---A result as returned by check-file  
+
+#### Description:
+
+_check-directory_ grabs all .lisp files in the tree under _dir_, and loads checks them all.
+
+The results are then put together into a list which can be programatically evaluated.  As opposed to pretty-print-check-directory, this function doesn't clutter up your standard out.
+
+## Function **CHECK-FILE**
+
+#### Syntax:
+
+**check-file** _file_ => _result_
+
+```result::= success-result | failure-result```  
+```success-result::= (:success filename)```  
+```failure-result::= (:success filename msg line-no col-no)```  
+
+#### Arguments and Values:
+
+_file_---a pathname  
+_filename_---the file this check was run on  
+_msg_---a string containing the failure message  
+_line-no_---an integer, the line number on which the failure appeared  
+_col-no_---an integer, the column number on which the failure appeared  
+
+#### Description:
+
+_check-file_ runs all the checks against a file and returns as soon as the first style error is found.
+
+#### Examples:
+
+```(check-file #P"path/to/file.lisp")``` => ```(:success "path/to/file.lisp")```  
+```(check-file #P"path/to/error.lisp")``` => ```(:failure "path/to/error.lisp" "File cannot end with empty line" 20 0)```  
+
+## Function **PRETTY-PRINT-CHECK-DIRECTORY**
+
+#### Syntax:
+
+**pretty-print-check-directory** _dir_ => _success_
+
+#### Arguments and Values:
+
+_dir_---A directory to recurse into and check files  
+_success_---T if there were no failures  
+
+#### Description:
+
+_pretty-print-check-directory_ checks _dir_ for any errors, dumping them to output and returning a single flag.
+
+Unlike check-directory, _pretty-print-check-directory_ is built for continuous integration, dumping errors to standard out and returning a singular result.
+
+#### Examples:
+
+```(pretty-print-check-directory "src")``` => ```nil```