def METHOD_NAME(path, key):
    valueList = []
    try:
        fp = open(path, 'r')
    except IOError as e:
        print("ERROR - ", thisScriptName, file=sys.stderr)
        print("  Cannot open file:", path, file=sys.stderr)
        print("  dir: ", options.dir, file=sys.stderr)
        return valueList
    lines = fp.readlines()
    fp.close()
    foundKey = False
    multiLine = ""
    for line in lines:
        if (line.find(key) >= 0):
            foundKey = True
            multiLine = multiLine + line
            if (line.find("\\") < 0):
                break;
        elif (foundKey == True):
            if (line[0] == '#'):
                break
            if (len(line) < 2):
                break
            multiLine = multiLine + line;
            if (line.find("\\") < 0):
                break;
    if (foundKey == False):
        return valueList
    multiLine = multiLine.replace(key, " ")
    multiLine = multiLine.replace("=", " ")
    multiLine = multiLine.replace("\t", " ")
    multiLine = multiLine.replace("\\", " ")
    multiLine = multiLine.replace("\r", " ")
    multiLine = multiLine.replace("\n", " ")
    toks = multiLine.split(' ')
    for tok in toks:
        if (len(tok) > 0):
            valueList.append(tok)
    return valueList