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`datman.toml` will be created.
## Adding a Source
## Adding a Directory Source
TODO
Add a section like the following to your `datman.toml`:
```toml
[source.mysourcename]
directory = "/path/to/source"
hostname = "myhostname"
```
The `hostname` field is currently unused but may be used in the future. It should be set to the hostname of the machine where the data resides.
## Begin Labelling
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## Interactively Browse Tree
Run `datman ibrowse` to interactively browse the tree.
Run `datman ibrowse [source]` to interactively browse the tree.
## Adding a Destination
Change to a different directory and run `yama init` to create a Yama pile.
Then edit your `datman.toml` and add:
```toml
[piles.mypilename]
path = "path/to/my/pile"
included_labels = ["precious"]
```
Include whichever labels you would like to include in the backup to that destination.
## Running a Backup
Run `datman backup-all [destination name]` or `datman backup-one [source name] [destination name]`.
## Extracting a Backup
Run `datman extract --accept-partial [pile name] [destination directory of extraction, will be created]`.
If not running as root, add `--skip-metadata` to prevent failing on `chown`.
To extract the first backup of each source before a certain date/datetime, use `--before [date/datetime]`. Similar, intuitive behaviour exists for `--after [date/datetime]`.

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TODO this guide still needs work. Once yama is done.
## Check
Use `yama check --shallow` to do a shallow (fast) check.
`yama check --deep` does a deep check, by reading in every single chunk.
Adding `--dry-run-gc` will report the number of unused chunks. There is also an option to sweep these away, which can be found in `--help` but is not yet documented here.
Executing garbage collection is not yet recommended.