import os
import shutil

if os.path.exists('testingdir'):
    shutil.rmtree('testingdir')
os.mkdir('testingdir')

component0 = "a" 
path0 = "testingdir" 
path1 = path0 + "/" + component0 
path0 = path1 + "/" + component0 
path1 = path0 + "/" + component0 
path0 = "testingdir" 
path2 = path1 + "/" + component0 
os.makedirs(path2)
result = [p for p in os.walk(path2,topdown=True,followlinks=True)]
print result
try:
    os.rename(path0,path2)
except Exception as e:
    print "FAILED, RAISED",e
    pass
result = [p for p in os.walk(path2,topdown=True,followlinks=True)]
print result