code: def get_list_of_paths(self):
          
          all_paths = []
          for p in self.fl_metadata:
              try:
                  all_paths.append(p['path'])
              except:
                  try:
                      print('cls_filelist - no key path, ignoring folder ' + str(p))
                  except:
                      print('cls_filelist - no key path, ignoring odd character folder')
  
          return list(set(all_paths))
docs: return a list of unique paths in the file list