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Add FAQ how to retain original paths, fixes #4532

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@ -742,6 +742,23 @@ Now |project_name| will be bandwidth limited. Nice thing about pv is that you ca
.. _pipeviewer: http://www.ivarch.com/programs/pv.shtml
How can I avoid unwanted base directories getting stored into archives?
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Possible use cases:
- Another file system is mounted and you want to backup it with original paths.
- You have created a BTRFS snapshot in a ``/.snapshots`` directory for backup.
To achieve this, run ``borg create`` within the mountpoint/snapshot directory:
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# Example: Some file system mounted in /mnt/rootfs.
cd /mnt/rootfs
borg create /path/to/repo::rootfs_backup .
I am having troubles with some network/FUSE/special filesystem, why?
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