Reading json for post code update action

Change-Id: I6636e81b44ca25c87ed92a65121cccbfebcf86a2
Signed-off-by: Sushil Singh <susilsi7@in.ibm.com>
diff --git a/lib/utils.py b/lib/utils.py
index 0049cca..05bae08 100644
--- a/lib/utils.py
+++ b/lib/utils.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 Companion file to utils.robot.
 """
 
+import os
 import gen_print as gp
 import gen_robot_keyword as grk
 import bmc_ssh_utils as bsu
@@ -18,6 +19,18 @@
 import collections
 
 
+# The code base directory will be one level up from the directory containing this module.
+code_base_dir_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)) + os.sep
+
+
+def get_code_base_dir_path():
+    r"""
+    Return the dir path of our code base.
+    """
+
+    return code_base_dir_path
+
+
 def set_power_policy_method():
     r"""
     Set the global bmc_power_policy_method to either 'Old' or 'New'.