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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 _walk_to_root(path):
 """ Yield directories starting from the given directory up to the root """

    if not os.path.exists(path):
        raise IOError('Starting path not found')

    if os.path.isfile(path):
        path = os.path.dirname(path)

    last_dir = None
    current_dir = os.path.abspath(path)
    while last_dir != current_dir:
        yield current_dir
        parent_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(current_dir, os.path.pardir))
        last_dir, current_dir = current_dir, parent_dir