export RSYNC_CONNECT_PROG
hands_setup
-checkit "$RSYNC -avvz localhost::test-from/ \"$TO/\"" "$FROM" "$TO"
+# Build chkdir with a normal rsync and an --exclude.
+$RSYNC -av --exclude=foobar.baz "$fromdir/" "$chkdir/"
+
+checkit "$RSYNC -avvvvz localhost::test-from/ '$todir/'" "$chkdir" "$todir"
+
+# The script would have aborted on error, so getting here means we've won.
+exit 0