makepath "$longdir" || test_skipped "unable to create long directory"
touch "$longdir/1" || test_skipped "unable to create files in long directory"
date > "$longdir/1"
-ls -la / > "$longdir/2"
+if [ -r /etc ]; then
+ ls -la /etc >"$longdir/2"
+else
+ ls -la / >"$longdir/2"
+fi
checkit "$RSYNC --delete -avH \"$fromdir/\" \"$todir\"" "$fromdir/" "$todir"
# The script would have aborted on error, so getting here means we've won.