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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 write_meta(self, role):
 """ Write out a new meta file. """

        meta_file = utils.file_to_string(self.paths["meta"])

        self.update_gen_report(role, "meta", meta_file)