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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def read_config_file(path):
 """Returns the configuration from the specified file."""

    try:
        with open(path, 'r') as f:
            return json.load(f, object_pairs_hook=OrderedDict)
    except IOError as ex:
        if ex != errno.ENOENT:
            raise
    return {}