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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 getSettingsPath() : 	"""Returns the path where the settings are stored"""

	parser = SafeConfigParser()
	try :
		parser.read(os.path.normpath(pyGeno_SETTINGS_DIR+'/config.ini'))
		return parser.get('pyGeno_config', 'settings_dir')
	except :
		createDefaultConfigFile()
		return getSettingsPath()