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import ConfigParserimport loggingLOGINFO = logging.INFOLOGWARN = logging.WARNLOGDEBUG = logging.DEBUGdef LoadConfig(file, config={}):    """    returns a dictionary with keys of the form    <section>.<option> and the corresponding values    """    config = config.copy()    cp = ConfigParser.RawConfigParser()    cp.read(file)    for sec in cp.sections():        name = string.lower(sec)        for opt in cp.options(sec):            config[name + '.' + string.lower(opt)] = string.strip(cp.get(sec, opt))    return configdef InitLogger(name, level):    """    returns a logger with specified name and loglevel    """    logger = logging.getLogger(name)    fhdlr = logging.FileHandler(name + '.log')    shdlr = logging.StreamHandler()    formatter = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(message)s')    fhdlr.setFormatter(formatter)    shdlr.setFormatter(formatter)    logger.addHandler(fhdlr)    logger.addHandler(shdlr)    logger.setLevel(level)    return logger