getting there...

storage/backups/borg/backup.py

@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ class Backup(object):
                     import importlib
                     _orig_path = sys.path
                     for plugin in repo['plugins']:
+                        logging.debug('Initializing plugin: {0}'.format(plugin))
                         if repo['plugins'][plugin]['path']:
                             sys.path.insert(1, os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(repo['plugins'][plugin]['path'])))
                         optools_tmpmod = importlib.import_module(plugin, package = None)
@@ -283,6 +284,7 @@ class Backup(object):
                         del(sys.modules[plugin])
                         del(optools_tmpmod)
                         sys.path = _orig_path
+                        logging.debug('Finished plugin: {0}'.format(plugin))
                 # This is where we actually do the thing.
                 _cmd = [self.borgbin,
                         '--log-json',

storage/backups/borg/sample.config.xml

@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@
             <prep inline="0">/usr/local/bin/someprep.sh</prep>
             <!-- Plugins are direct Python modules, and are alternatives to prep items.
                  They must:
-                 - be in the Python's path environment (or a path must be provided, either absolute or relative to
-                   execution)
+                 - be in the Python's path environment (or a path must be provided) either absolute or relative to
+                   *execution*, not the script's placement in the filesystem)
                  - contain a class called <module>.Backup() (which will execute all tasks on initialization)
                  See plugins/ directory for examples and below for example of invocation. -->
             <plugins>