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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 get_lock(self, path):
 """ Get a job lock corresponding to the path - assumes parent directory exists but the file itself does not. """

        if self.lockfile:
            return self.lockfile.LockFile(path)
        else:
            with self.job_locks_lock:
                if path not in self.job_locks:
                    lock = threading.Lock()
                    self.job_locks[path] = lock
                else:
                    lock = self.job_locks[path]
            return lock