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diff --git a/django/template/loaders/filesystem.py b/django/template/loaders/filesystem.py
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+# Wrapper for loading templates from the filesystem.
+
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.template import TemplateDoesNotExist
+import os
+
+def get_template_sources(template_name, template_dirs=None):
+    if not template_dirs:
+        template_dirs = settings.TEMPLATE_DIRS
+    for template_dir in template_dirs:
+        yield os.path.join(template_dir, template_name)
+
+def load_template_source(template_name, template_dirs=None):
+    tried = []
+    for filepath in get_template_sources(template_name, template_dirs):
+        try:
+            return (open(filepath).read(), filepath)
+        except IOError:
+            tried.append(filepath)
+    if template_dirs:
+        error_msg = "Tried %s" % tried
+    else:
+        error_msg = "Your TEMPLATE_DIRS setting is empty. Change it to point to at least one template directory."
+    raise TemplateDoesNotExist, error_msg
+load_template_source.is_usable = True