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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 runRmFile(self, path, timeout=None, **kwargs):
 """ remove a file from the worker """

        cmd_args = {'path': path, 'logEnviron': self.logEnviron}
        if timeout:
            cmd_args['timeout'] = timeout
        if self.workerVersionIsOlderThan('rmfile', '3.1'):
            cmd_args['dir'] = os.path.abspath(path)
            return self.runRemoteCommand('rmdir', cmd_args, **kwargs)
        return self.runRemoteCommand('rmfile', cmd_args, **kwargs)