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