diff --git a/bin/tools/misc.py b/bin/tools/misc.py
index 6d65a425484..6c6efc5438b 100644
--- a/bin/tools/misc.py
+++ b/bin/tools/misc.py
@@ -252,23 +252,6 @@ def file_open(name, mode="r", subdir='addons', pathinfo=False):
     raise IOError, 'File not found : '+str(name)
 
 
-def oswalksymlinks(top, topdown=True, onerror=None):
-    """
-    same as os.walk but follow symlinks
-    attention: all symlinks are walked before all normals directories
-    """
-    for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(top, topdown, onerror):
-        if topdown:
-            yield dirpath, dirnames, filenames
-
-        symlinks = filter(lambda dirname: os.path.islink(os.path.join(dirpath, dirname)), dirnames)
-        for s in symlinks:
-            for x in oswalksymlinks(os.path.join(dirpath, s), topdown, onerror):
-                yield x
-
-        if not topdown:
-            yield dirpath, dirnames, filenames
-
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 # iterables
 #----------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/bin/tools/osutil.py b/bin/tools/osutil.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ba1d650f4ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/tools/osutil.py
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+##############################################################################
+#
+#    OpenERP, Open Source Management Solution
+#    Copyright (C) 2004-2008 Tiny SPRL (<http://tiny.be>). All Rights Reserved
+#    $Id$
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+##############################################################################
+
+"""
+Some functions related to the os and os.path module
+"""
+
+import os
+from os.path import join as opj
+
+def listdir(dir, recursive=False):
+	"""Allow to recursively get the file listing"""
+	dir = os.path.normpath(dir)
+	if not recursive:
+		return os.listdir(dir)
+
+	res = []
+	for root, dirs, files in os.walk(dir):
+		root = root[len(dir)+1:]
+		res.extend([opj(root, f) for f in files])
+	return res
+
+def walksymlinks(top, topdown=True, onerror=None):
+    """
+    same as os.walk but follow symlinks
+    attention: all symlinks are walked before all normals directories
+    """
+    for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(top, topdown, onerror):
+        if topdown:
+            yield dirpath, dirnames, filenames
+
+        symlinks = filter(lambda dirname: os.path.islink(os.path.join(dirpath, dirname)), dirnames)
+        for s in symlinks:
+            for x in walksymlinks(os.path.join(dirpath, s), topdown, onerror):
+                yield x
+
+        if not topdown:
+            yield dirpath, dirnames, filenames
+
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+	from pprint import pprint as pp
+	pp(listdir('../report', True))
diff --git a/bin/tools/translate.py b/bin/tools/translate.py
index 5163fa6c7e4..8a20541210f 100644
--- a/bin/tools/translate.py
+++ b/bin/tools/translate.py
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ def trans_generate(lang, modules, dbname=None):
     installed_modids = modobj.search(cr, uid, [('state', '=', 'installed')])
     installed_modules = map(lambda m: m['name'], modobj.read(cr, uid, installed_modids, ['name']))
 
-    for root, dirs, files in tools.oswalksymlinks(tools.config['root_path']):
+    for root, dirs, files in tools.osutil.walksymlinks(tools.config['root_path']):
         for fname in fnmatch.filter(files, '*.py'):
             fabsolutepath = join(root, fname)
             frelativepath = fabsolutepath[len(tools.config['root_path'])+1:]