https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils/blob/v9.0/src/stat.c#L540-L543 https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils/blob/v9.0/src/stat.c#... case S_MAGIC_VXFS

https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils/blob/v9.0/src/stat.c#L540-L543 https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils/blob/v9.0/src/stat.c#... case S_MAGIC_VXFS: /* 0xA501FCF5 remote */ /* Veritas File System can run in single instance or clustered mode, so mark as remote to cater for the latter case. */ return "vxfs"; From comments earlier in the file about aufs, it seems like the question is whether the filesystem could possibly be remote, because it controls whether tools rely on inotify or do polling - not whether it's definitely remote. Clutered mode is supported on HP-UX. When did you check?