+(defun ls-lisp-classify-file (filename fattr)
+ "Append a character to FILENAME indicating the file type.
+
+FATTR is the file attributes returned by `file-attributes' for the file.
+The file type indicators are `/' for directories, `@' for symbolic
+links, `|' for FIFOs, `=' for sockets, `*' for regular files that
+are executable, and nothing for other types of files."
+ (let* ((type (car fattr))
+ (modestr (nth 8 fattr))
+ (typestr (substring modestr 0 1)))
+ (cond
+ (type
+ (concat filename (if (eq type t) "/" "@")))
+ ((string-match "x" modestr)
+ (concat filename "*"))
+ ((string= "p" typestr)
+ (concat filename "|"))
+ ((string= "s" typestr)
+ (concat filename "="))
+ (t filename))))
+