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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 minion_config(path,
                  env_var='SALT_MINION_CONFIG',
                  defaults=None,
                  cache_minion_id=False,
                  ignore_config_errors=True,
                  minion_id=None,
                  role='minion'):
    '''
    Reads in the minion configuration file and sets up special options

    This is useful for Minion-side operations, such as the
    :py:class:`~salt.client.Caller` class, and manually running the loader
    interface.

    .. code-block:: python

        import salt.config
        minion_opts = salt.config.minion_config('/etc/salt/minion')
    '''
    if defaults is None:
        defaults = DEFAULT_MINION_OPTS.copy()

    if not os.environ.get(env_var, None):
        # No valid setting was given using the configuration variable.
        # Lets see is SALT_CONFIG_DIR is of any use
        salt_config_dir = os.environ.get('SALT_CONFIG_DIR', None)
        if salt_config_dir:
            env_config_file_path = os.path.join(salt_config_dir, 'minion')
            if salt_config_dir and os.path.isfile(env_config_file_path):
                # We can get a configuration file using SALT_CONFIG_DIR, let's
                # update the environment with this information
                os.environ[env_var] = env_config_file_path

    overrides = load_config(path, env_var, DEFAULT_MINION_OPTS['conf_file'])
    default_include = overrides.get('default_include',
                                    defaults['default_include'])
    include = overrides.get('include', [])

    overrides.update(include_config(default_include, path, verbose=False,
                                    exit_on_config_errors=not ignore_config_errors))
    overrides.update(include_config(include, path, verbose=True,
                                    exit_on_config_errors=not ignore_config_errors))

    opts = apply_minion_config(overrides, defaults,
                               cache_minion_id=cache_minion_id,
                               minion_id=minion_id)
    opts['__role'] = role
    apply_sdb(opts)
    _validate_opts(opts)
    return opts