checkit "$RSYNC -avv -f dir-merge,-_.excl \
\"$fromdir/\" \"$todir/\"" "$chkdir" "$todir"
-$RSYNC -avR "$fromdir/foo" "$chkdir/"
+relative_opts='--relative --chmod=Du+w --copy-unsafe-links'
+$RSYNC -av $relative_opts "$fromdir/foo" "$chkdir/"
rm -rf "$chkdir$fromdir/foo/down"
-$RSYNC -avR --existing --filter='-! */' "$fromdir/foo" "$chkdir/"
+$RSYNC -av $relative_opts --existing --filter='-! */' "$fromdir/foo" "$chkdir/"
-checkit "$RSYNC -avvR --exclude=\"$fromdir/foo/down\" \
+checkit "$RSYNC -avv $relative_opts --exclude=\"$fromdir/foo/down\" \
\"$fromdir/foo\" \"$todir\"" "$chkdir$fromdir/foo" "$todir$fromdir/foo"
# The script would have aborted on error, so getting here means we've won.