Parse ld.so.conf and get all the directories from it

parse_ldsoconf.py

from os.path import abspath, isabs, join
from glob import glob

def parse_ldsoconf(filename="/etc/ld.so.conf"):
    paths = set()
    directory = dirname(abspath(filename))
    with open(filename) as f:
        for line in (_line.rstrip() for _line in f.readlines()):
            if line.startswith("include "):
                wildcard = line.partition("include ")[-1:][0].rstrip()
                if not isabs(wildcard):
                    wildcard = join(directory, wildcard)
                for filename in glob(wildcard):
                    paths |= parse_ldsoconf(filename)
            elif not line.startswith("#"):
                if line:
                    paths.add(line)
    return paths

parse_ldsoconf()