-[ -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"