code: def create(cls, configfile):
          
  
          # populate config dictionary with an initial set of values
          # config_logging = ConfigManager.load('logging.yaml')
  
          config = {}
          if config['fileio']['outdir'] is None:
              config['fileio']['outdir'] = os.path.abspath(
                  os.path.dirname(configfile))
  
          user_config = cls.load(configfile)
          config = utils.merge_dict(config, user_config, True)
  
          config['fileio']['outdir'] = os.path.abspath(
              config['fileio']['outdir'])
  
          return config
docs: Create a configuration dictionary from a yaml config file.
          This function will first populate the dictionary with defaults
          taken from pre-defined configuration files.  The configuration
          dictionary is then updated with the user-defined configuration
          file.  Any settings defined by the user will take precedence
          over the default settings.