code: def ignore_patterns(*patterns):
      """Function that can be used as copytree() ignore parameter.
  
      Patterns is a sequence of glob-style patterns
      that are used to exclude files"""
  
      def _ignore_patterns(path, names):
          ignored_names = []
          for pattern in patterns:
              ignored_names.extend(fnmatch.filter(names, pattern))
          return set(ignored_names)
  
      return _ignore_patterns
  
imports: import os
  import sys
  import stat
  import fnmatch
  import collections
  import errno
label_desc: Use image node_id 13 for calling a global function with example usage: ignore_patterns() and returns: _ignore_patterns, set