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+DATA_PATH=PATH/TO/YOUR/DATA/DIRECTORY
+SHARED_MEMORY_SIZE=[number_for_memory_size][unit_t,g,m,k]
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 Geonosis is a synthetic data generator based on transformer architecture.
 
+## Setting up
+
+Change the .env_template file to .env and set the environment variables in it
+accordingly for the system.
+
+Go to `setup` directory and run `setup.sh` or `setup.ps1` depending on the OS.
+
+## Usage
+
+To enter the docker container, run `launch.sh` for Linux or `winlaunch.ps1` for
+Windows. Once inside, change directory to `/app/code` and run the desired
+script.
+
 Inputs:
 .mat files in the file dump