text: import os
  from pathlib import Path
  
  
  base_dir = Path(os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), "geneRender"))
  base_dir.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
  
  def listdir(fld):
      """
      List the files into a folder with the complete file path instead of the relative file path like os.listdir.
  
      :param fld: string, folder path
  
      """
      return [str(f) for f in Path(fld).glob("**/*") if f.is_file()]
  
  
  def get_subdirs(folderpath):
      """
      Returns the subfolders in a given folder
      """
      return [str(f) for f in Path(folderpath).glob("**/*") if f.is_dir()]
  
  
  def listify(obj):
      """
      makes sure that the obj is a list
      """
      if isinstance(obj, list):
          return obj
      elif isinstance(obj, tuple):
          return list(obj)
      else:
          return [obj]
  
  
  def return_list_smart(lst):
      """
      If the list has length > returns the list
      if it has length == 1 it returns the element
      if it has length == 0 it returns None
      """
      if len(lst) > 1:
          return lst
      elif len(lst) == 1:
          return lst[0]
      else:
          return None
  