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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 ensure_dir_does_not_exist(*args):
 """Ensures that the given directory does not exist."""

    path = os.path.join(*args)
    if os.path.isdir(path):
        shutil.rmtree(path)