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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(fname):
    '''
    Read a file from the directory where setup.py resides
    '''
    file_path = os.path.join(SETUP_DIRNAME, fname)
    with codecs.open(file_path, encoding='utf-8') as rfh:
        return rfh.read()