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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 parse_config(file_path):
 """ Convert the CISM configuration file to a python dictionary Args: file_path: absolute path to the configuration file Returns: A dictionary representation of the given file """

    if not os.path.isfile(file_path):
        return {}
    parser = ConfigParser()
    parser.read(file_path)
    # Strip out inline comments
    for s in parser._sections:
        for v in six.iterkeys(parser._sections[s]):
            parser._sections[s][v] = parser._sections[s][v].split("#")[0].strip()
    return parser._sections