def parse_file(self, fpath):
        '''
        Read a file on the file system (relative to salt's base project dir)

        :returns: A file-like object.
        :raises IOError: If the file cannot be found or read.
        '''
        sdir =  os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(salt.__file__),
            os.pardir))
        with open(os.path.join(sdir, fpath), 'rb') as f:
            return f.readlines()