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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_manifest(self):
 """ Write the manifest to the file """

        if os.path.exists(self.directory.manifest_path):
            self.main_manifest.write(open(self.directory.manifest_path, "w+"))