def getSettingsPath() :
	"""Returns the path where the settings are stored"""
	parser = SafeConfigParser()
	try :
		parser.read(os.path.normpath(pyGeno_SETTINGS_DIR+'/config.ini'))
		return parser.get('pyGeno_config', 'settings_dir')
	except :
		createDefaultConfigFile()
		return getSettingsPath()
Returns the path where the settings are stored