-cp ${FROM}/text ${TO}/ThisShouldGo
-runtest " --delete" 'checkit "$RSYNC --delete -avH ${FROM}/ ${TO}" ${FROM}/ ${TO}'
+cp "$fromdir/text" "$todir/ThisShouldGo"
+runtest " --delete" 'checkit "$RSYNC --delete -avH \"$fromdir/\" \"$todir\"" "$fromdir/" "$todir"'
+
+cd "$tmpdir"
+rm -rf to from/*dir
+
+# Do the real copy, touch up the parent-dir's time, and then check the copy.
+$RSYNC -av from/* to/
+checkit "$RSYNC -av --exclude='*' from/ to/" "$fromdir" "$todir"