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def read_user_config():
    config = {}
    file_loc = os.path.expanduser("~/.spacewalk-build-rc")
    try:
        f = open(file_loc)
    except:
        file_loc = os.path.expanduser("~/.titorc")
        try:
            f = open(file_loc)
        except:
            # File doesn't exist but that's ok because it's optional.
            return config

    for line in f.readlines():
        if line.strip() == "":
            continue
        tokens = line.split("=")
        if len(tokens) != 2:
            raise Exception("Error parsing ~/.spacewalk-build-rc: %s" % line)
        config[tokens[0]] = tokens[1].strip()
    return config