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 # cmine
-ArgProcessor and files for basic CMDirectories. Often subclassed. Needs to be separate from euclid and norma
+This is a library that was written from and primarily used by ami and norma. It should be build before either of them if building from them source.
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+It is written in Java and uses maven 3 to handle dependencies, building etc..
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+You can build and install an artifact for it in your local maven repository with `mvn clean install`