def _start_helper(app_or_project, name, directory, other_name=''):
    other = {'project': 'app', 'app': 'project'}[app_or_project]
    if not _is_valid_dir_name(name):
        sys.stderr.write(style.ERROR("Error: %r is not a valid %s name. Please use only numbers, letters and underscores.\n" % (name, app_or_project)))
        sys.exit(1)
    top_dir = os.path.join(directory, name)
    try:
        os.mkdir(top_dir)
    except OSError, e:
        sys.stderr.write(style.ERROR("Error: %s\n" % e))
        sys.exit(1)
    template_dir = PROJECT_TEMPLATE_DIR % app_or_project
    for d, subdirs, files in os.walk(template_dir):
        relative_dir = d[len(template_dir)+1:].replace('%s_name' % app_or_project, name)
        if relative_dir:
            os.mkdir(os.path.join(top_dir, relative_dir))
        for i, subdir in enumerate(subdirs):
            if subdir.startswith('.'):
                del subdirs[i]
        for f in files:
            if f.endswith('.pyc'):
                continue
            path_old = os.path.join(d, f)
            path_new = os.path.join(top_dir, relative_dir, f.replace('%s_name' % app_or_project, name))
            fp_old = open(path_old, 'r')
            fp_new = open(path_new, 'w')
            fp_new.write(fp_old.read().replace('{{ %s_name }}' % app_or_project, name).replace('{{ %s_name }}' % other, other_name))
            fp_old.close()
            fp_new.close()
            try:
                shutil.copymode(path_old, path_new)
            except OSError:
                sys.stderr.write(style.NOTICE("Notice: Couldn't set permission bits on %s. You're probably using an uncommon filesystem setup. No problem.\n" % path_new))
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