def lsLine(name, s):
    """
    Build an 'ls' line for a file ('file' in its generic sense, it
    can be of any type).
    """
    mode = s.st_mode
    perms = array.array('B', b'-'*10)
    ft = stat.S_IFMT(mode)
    if stat.S_ISDIR(ft): perms[0] = ord('d')
    elif stat.S_ISCHR(ft): perms[0] = ord('c')
    elif stat.S_ISBLK(ft): perms[0] = ord('b')
    elif stat.S_ISREG(ft): perms[0] = ord('-')
    elif stat.S_ISFIFO(ft): perms[0] = ord('f')
    elif stat.S_ISLNK(ft): perms[0] = ord('l')
    elif stat.S_ISSOCK(ft): perms[0] = ord('s')
    else: perms[0] = ord('!')
    # User
    if mode&stat.S_IRUSR:perms[1] = ord('r')
    if mode&stat.S_IWUSR:perms[2] = ord('w')
    if mode&stat.S_IXUSR:perms[3] = ord('x')
    # Group
    if mode&stat.S_IRGRP:perms[4] = ord('r')
    if mode&stat.S_IWGRP:perms[5] = ord('w')
    if mode&stat.S_IXGRP:perms[6] = ord('x')
    # Other
    if mode&stat.S_IROTH:perms[7] = ord('r')
    if mode&stat.S_IWOTH:perms[8] = ord('w')
    if mode&stat.S_IXOTH:perms[9] = ord('x')
    # Suid/sgid
    if mode&stat.S_ISUID:
        if perms[3] == ord('x'): perms[3] = ord('s')
        else: perms[3] = ord('S')
    if mode&stat.S_ISGID:
        if perms[6] == ord('x'): perms[6] = ord('s')
        else: perms[6] = ord('S')

    if _PY3:
        if isinstance(name, bytes):
            name = name.decode("utf-8")
        lsPerms = perms.tobytes()
        lsPerms = lsPerms.decode("utf-8")
    else:
        lsPerms = perms.tostring()

    lsresult = [
        lsPerms,
        str(s.st_nlink).rjust(5),
        ' ',
        str(s.st_uid).ljust(9),
        str(s.st_gid).ljust(9),
        str(s.st_size).rjust(8),
        ' ',
    ]
    # Need to specify the month manually, as strftime depends on locale
    ttup = localtime(s.st_mtime)
    sixmonths = 60 * 60 * 24 * 7 * 26
    if s.st_mtime + sixmonths < time(): # Last edited more than 6mo ago
        strtime = strftime("%%s %d  %Y ", ttup)
    else:
        strtime = strftime("%%s %d %H:%M ", ttup)
    lsresult.append(strtime % (_MONTH_NAMES[ttup[1]],))

    lsresult.append(name)
    return ''.join(lsresult)

    Build an 'ls' line for a file ('file' in its generic sense, it
    can be of any type).
    
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