docs: def parse_file(self, fpath):
          '''
          Read a file on the file system (relative to salt's base project dir)
  
          :returns: A file-like object.
          :raises IOError: If the file cannot be found or read.
          '''
          sdir =  os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(salt.__file__),
              os.pardir))
          with open(os.path.join(sdir, fpath), 'rb') as f:
              return f.readlines()