import os
def get_immediate_subdirectories(dir):
    return [name for name in os.listdir(dir)
            if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(dir, name))]

from twisted.python.filepath import FilePath

def subdirs(pathObj):
    for subpath in pathObj.walk():
        if subpath.isdir():
            yield subpath

if __name__ == '__main__':
    for subdir in subdirs(FilePath(".")):
        print "Subdirectory:", subdir

def copyTemplates(topdir):
    for subdir in subdirs(topdir):
        tpl = subdir.child("index.tpl")
        if tpl.exists():
            tpl.copyTo(subdir.child("index.html"))

class MyFakePath:
    def child(self, name):
        "Return an appropriate child object"

    def walk(self):
        "Return an iterable of MyFakePath objects"

    def exists(self):
        "Return true or false, as appropriate to the test"

    def isdir(self):
        "Return true or false, as appropriate to the test"
...
subdirs(MyFakePath(...))

def copy_client_files (file_src, file_dst):
    for file in os.listdir(file_src):
            print "Copying file: %s" % file
            shutil.copy(os.path.join(file_src, file), os.path.join(file_dst, file))

import os
import shutil

def copy_over(path, from_name, to_name):
  for path, dirname, fnames in os.walk(path):
    for fname in fnames:
      if fname == from_name:
        shutil.copy(os.path.join(path, from_name), os.path.join(path, to_name))


copy_over('.', 'index.tpl', 'index.html')