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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 read_file_in_root_directory(*names, **kwargs):
 """Read a file on root dir."""

    return read_file(
        os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), *names),
        encoding=kwargs.get("encoding", "utf-8"),
    )