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 # pwdin
 
-Function to prompt users for a password of other secret.
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+Function to prompt users for a password or other secrets.
+
+## Build
+
+To build the library one needs to simply use premake5 to generate the Makefile:
+
+    premake5 gmake
+
+And then needs to build the library in release mode:
+
+    make config=release
+
+The StaticLib is then available under `bin/Release/libpwdin.a`.
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