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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_execute_info(path, parents):
 """Read the ExecuteInfo.txt file and return the base directory."""

  path = os.path.join(path, "StarCraft II/ExecuteInfo.txt")
  if os.path.exists(path):
    with open(path, "rb") as f:  # Binary because the game appends a '\0' :(.
      for line in f:
        parts = [p.strip() for p in line.decode("utf-8").split("=")]
        if len(parts) == 2 and parts[0] == "executable":
          exec_path = parts[1].replace("\\", "/")  # For windows compatibility.
          for _ in range(parents):
            exec_path = os.path.dirname(exec_path)
          return exec_path