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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_spec(tree_base, spec, template, saltenv='base'):
    '''
    Get the spec file and place it in the SPECS dir
    '''
    spec_tgt = os.path.basename(spec)
    dest = os.path.join(tree_base, 'SPECS', spec_tgt)
    return __salt__['cp.get_url'](
        spec,
        dest,
        saltenv=saltenv)