def METHOD_NAME():
  tf.logging.info('Shards: %d to %d', FLAGS.output_range_begin,
                       FLAGS.output_range_end)
  recordio_writers = []
  for s in range(FLAGS.output_range_begin, FLAGS.output_range_end):
    filepath = FLAGS.output_template % (s, FLAGS.num_output_shards)
    tf.logging.info('Opening output shard: %s', filepath)
    recordio_writers += [tf.python_io.TFRecordWriter(filepath)]
  return recordio_writers