use backticks and sed instead of set and shift

diff --git a/tests/cp/cp-parents b/tests/cp/cp-parents
index de14ff9..313ead5 100755 (executable)
--- a/tests/cp/cp-parents
+++ b/tests/cp/cp-parents
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ test -d d/a/b/c || fail=1
 # Check that re_protect works.
 chmod go=w d/a
 cp -a --parents d/a/b/c e || fail=1
-set _ `ls -ld e/d`;       shift; case $1 in drwxr-xr-x);; *) fail=1;; esac
-set _ `ls -ld e/d/a`;     shift; case $1 in drwx-w--w-);; *) fail=1;; esac
-set _ `ls -ld e/d/a/b/c`; shift; case $1 in drwxr-xr-x);; *) fail=1;; esac
+p=`ls -ld e/d|sed 's/ .*//'`; case $p in drwxr-xr-x);; *) fail=1;; esac
+p=`ls -ld e/d/a|sed 's/ .*//'`; case $p in drwx-w--w-);; *) fail=1;; esac
+p=`ls -ld e/d/a/b/c|sed 's/ .*//'`; case $p in drwxr-xr-x);; *) fail=1;; esac
 
 (exit $fail); exit