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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 load_include_path(paths):
 """ Scan for and add paths to the include path """

    for path in paths:
        # Verify the path is valid
        if not os.path.isdir(path):
            continue
        # Add path to the system path, to avoid name clashes
        # with mysql-connector for example ...
        if path not in sys.path:
            sys.path.insert(1, path)
        # Load all the files in path
        for f in os.listdir(path):
            # Are we a directory? If so process down the tree
            fpath = os.path.join(path, f)
            if os.path.isdir(fpath):
                load_include_path([fpath])