** Changed in: backintime
       Status: Confirmed => Fix Committed

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backing up root directory fails
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/455149
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Bug description:
If you backup the root directory (/) of your machine, it doesn't do anything.

The rsync command line contains this:
--include="//**"
but it should contain this:
--include="/**"

I think this happens because for all other directories, it makes sense to put 
in the leading and trailing slash; but for the root dir, it doesn't. For 
example, this makes sense:
--include="/mydir/**"


Side note: when backing up the root directory, I have to manually exclude all 
sorts of system directories and mount directories: /tmp, /media, /mnt, /sys, 
/proc, /dev, and so on. It would be nice if they were excluded by default.

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