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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 settings_dir(self):
 """ Directory that contains the the settings for the project """

        path = os.path.join(self.dir, '.dsb')
        utils.create_dir(path)
        return os.path.realpath(path)