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 json_usage(root):
    root = os.path.abspath(root)
    result = [['Path', 'Parent', 'Usage']]
    result.extend(entry for entry in usage_iter(root))
    return json.dumps(result)