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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 configure_app(**kwargs):
 """Builds up the settings using the same method as logan"""

    sys_args = sys.argv
    args, command, command_args = parse_args(sys_args[1:])
    parser = OptionParser()
    parser.add_option('--config', metavar='CONFIG')
    (options, logan_args) = parser.parse_args(args)
    config_path = options.config
    logan_configure(config_path=config_path, **kwargs)