read config file

config_reader.py

def get_parms_from_conf_file(conf_file_name, default_parms):
    config = configparser.ConfigParser()

    try:
        config.read(conf_file_name)
    except Exception as e:
        print("Error reading {} file".format(conf_file_name))
        logging.error("Error reading %s file" % conf_file_name)
        raise e

    try:
        default_parms['ext'] = config['USER_SETTINGS']['Extensions'].split(',')
    except Exception as e:
        pass

    try:
        default_parms['out_fn'] = config['USER_SETTINGS']['Out_file_name']
    except Exception as e:
        pass

    try:
        default_parms['cdl_fn'] = config['USER_SETTINGS']['FileWithDirectoryList']
    except Exception as e:
        logging.error("Error reading params in %s file" % conf_file_name)
        pass

    try:
        default_parms['dir_list'] = config['USER_SETTINGS']['DirectoryListForScan'].split(',')
    except Exception as e:
        logging.error("Error reading params in %s file" % conf_file_name)
        pass

    return default_parms