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 == MSYS primer ==
-[TODO: describe how to navigate through folders, which tools will be used]
+From the developer's webpage: "MSYS or Minimal SYStem is a POSIX and Bourne shell environment use with MinGW. It provides a hand picked set of tools to allow a typical configuration script with Bourne syntax to execute. This allows most of the GNU packages to create a Makefile just from executing the typical configure script which can then be used to build the package using the native MinGW version of GCC".
+For more information, check the [http://www.mingw.org/mingwfaq.shtml#faq-msys MinGW FAQ page]
+MSYS commands can be confusing for people using Windows, as MSYS emulates a Bourne shell environment, which is found in most Unix/Linux distributions. The available commands can be viewed by typing "help" in the command prompt. Help on a specific command is available by typing "help" followed by the command, e.g. "help alias".
+Note that MSYS uses forward slashes between folder names, not backward slashes, as is the case with Windows. Additionally, some special characters like the space need to be escaped with a backward slash("\"). Drives are mounted to folders, so drive "C:" would be under folder "/c". Therefore, to switch to directory:
+ C:\Program Files\Test Folder
+we would switch to:
+ /c/Program\ Files/Test\ Folder
+The basic commands you'll need are:
+ cd - changes the current drive and directory
+ pwd - shows the current drive and directory
+ ls - lists files in a folder
+ make - makefile, used to compile projects
+ strip - remove debug information from executable files
+Note that if you wish to run a file from the current folder, you need to specify it before the file name, i.e. if you wish to run "test" from the current folder, you should type:
+ ./test