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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 getcwd(cls):
 """ Provide a context dependent current working directory. This method will return the directory currently holding the lock. """

        if not hasattr(cls._tl, "cwd"):
            cls._tl.cwd = os.getcwd()
        return cls._tl.cwd