path get_starting_backup_path(string s_path,bool verbose=true) { const path starting_path=path(s_path); path full_path; if (starting_path.is_relative()) { full_path=absolute(starting_path); } else { full_path=starting_path; } full_path=canonical(full_path); if (verbose) { std::cout<<"We are going to backup the repertory "<<full_path<<std::endl; } return full_path; }