code: def read_config(self):
          
  
          try:
              parsed_files = self._config.read(self._files, encoding="utf-8")
          except configparser.Error as e:
              log.error("Can't parse configuration file: %s", str(e))
              return
          if not parsed_files:
              log.warning("No configuration file could be found or read")
          else:
              for file in parsed_files:
                  log.info("Load configuration file {}".format(file))
                  self._watched_files[file] = os.stat(file).st_mtime
docs: Read the configuration files.