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 usage_iter(root):
    root = os.path.abspath(root)
    root_size = get_folder_size(root)
    root_string = "{0}\n{1}".format(root, root_size)
    yield [root_string, None, root_size]