if (statvfs(path, &st) < 0)
return -errno;
- return !!(st.f_flag & ST_RDONLY);
+ if (st.f_flag & ST_RDONLY)
+ return true;
+
+ /* On NFS, statvfs() might not reflect whether we can actually
+ * write to the remote share. Let's try again with
+ * access(W_OK) which is more reliable, at least sometimes. */
+ if (access(path, W_OK) < 0 && errno == EROFS)
+ return true;
+
+ return false;
}
int path_is_os_tree(const char *path) {