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[Thomas Kluyver <732093@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: sbackup

I set up sbackup to backup to an external hard drive. The next day, it
starts running an automatic backup, despite the fact that the hard drive
is not plugged in (I can't disable automatic backups without running the
superuser version, but that's another issue). When I open the config, it
says that it can't find the destination folder, so is reverting to its
default destination.

It should be able to accomodate folders that don't always exist: either
by default on any folder, by detecting that the folder is on a removable
drive (e.g. if it's a subfolder within /media), or by a user-selected
option "this folder is on a removable drive". Then the config dialog
shouldn't do anything if the destination doesn't exist. And backups
should fail gracefully when it's not plugged in (maybe display a non-
blocking notification that the backup couldn't happen), rather than
doing, say, this: http://www.rvdavid.net/30-gb-root-partition-full-how/

** Affects: sbackup (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Sbackup doesn't know what to do if external drive is not connected