rm "$chkdir"/foo/file1
rm "$chkdir"/bar/down/to/bar/baz/*.deep
-cp -p "$fromdir"/bar/down/to/foo/*.junk "$chkdir"/bar/down/to/foo
-cp -p "$fromdir"/bar/down/to/foo/to "$chkdir"/bar/down/to/foo
+cp_touch "$fromdir"/bar/down/to/foo/*.junk "$chkdir"/bar/down/to/foo
+cp_touch "$fromdir"/bar/down/to/foo/to "$chkdir"/bar/down/to/foo
$RSYNC -av --existing -f 'show .filt*' -f 'hide,! */' --del "$fromdir/" "$todir/"
echo retained >"$todir"/bar/down/to/bar/baz/nodel.deep
-cp -p "$todir"/bar/down/to/bar/baz/nodel.deep "$chkdir"/bar/down/to/bar/baz
+cp_touch "$todir"/bar/down/to/bar/baz/nodel.deep "$chkdir"/bar/down/to/bar/baz
$RSYNC -av --existing --filter='-! */' "$fromdir/" "$chkdir/"