-[ -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 "$todir/absolute" ] && test_fail "absolute symlink was copied"
+[ -f "$todir/referent" ] || test_fail "referent was not copied"
+[ -d "$todir/from" ] && test_fail "extra level of directories"
+[ -L "$todir/dangling" ] && test_fail "dangling symlink was copied"
+[ -L "$todir/relative" ] && test_fail "relative symlink was copied"
+[ -L "$todir/absolute" ] && test_fail "absolute symlink was copied"