def read(*parts):
    """
    Build an absolute path from *parts* and and return the contents of the
    resulting file.  Assume UTF-8 encoding.
    """
    with codecs.open(os.path.join(HERE, *parts), "rb", "utf-8") as f:
        return f.read()
def setLDAPDirectory(self, directory=None):
        if directory is None:
                self.directory = []
        else:
            try:
                with open(DIRECTORY, 'w+') as f:
                    f.write(str(directory))
                    self.directory = directory
            except OSError as e:
                raise