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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 build_docs(directory):
 """Builds sphinx docs from a given directory."""

    os.chdir(directory)
    process = subprocess.Popen(["make", "html"], cwd=directory)
    process.communicate()