-"$rsync_bin" -r "$fromdir/" "$todir" || test_fail "rsync returned $?"
-
-[ -e "$todir/referent" ] || test_fail "referent was not copied"
-[ -e "$todir/from" ] && test_fail "extra level of directories"
-[ -e "$todir/dangling" ] && test_fail "dangling symlink was copied"
-[ -e "$todir/relative" ] && test_fail "relative symlink was copied"
-[ -e "$todir/absolute" ] && test_fail "absolute symlink was copied"
+$RSYNC -r "$fromdir/" "$todir" || test_fail "$RSYNC returned $?"
+
+[ -f "${todir}/referent" ] || test_fail "referent was not copied"
+[ -d "${todir}/from" ] && test_fail "extra level of directories"
+if is_a_link "${todir}/dangling"
+then
+ test_fail "dangling symlink was copied"
+fi
+
+if is_a_link "${todir}/relative"
+then
+ test_fail "relative symlink was copied"
+fi
+
+if is_a_link "${todir}/absolute"
+then
+ test_fail "absolute symlink was copied"
+fi