diff --git a/bin/ssh-cli.js b/bin/ssh-cli.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86c0703
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/ssh-cli.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// Set options as a parameter, environment variable, or rc file.
+require = require('esm')(module)
+module.exports = require('./ssh.js')
diff --git a/bin/ssh.js b/bin/ssh.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2daa7cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/ssh.js
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+import Ssh from '../src/ssh'
+import to from 'await-to-js'
+import logger from '@uci/logger'
+import yargs from 'yargs'
+
+
+console.log(process.argv)
+let arg = yargs
+  .alias('c','config')
+  .argv
+
+;
+(async () => {
+  const log = logger({ repo: 'remote-code', bin:'./bin/ssh.js', class:'Ssh', file:'src/ssh.js', id: 'binary' })
+  const ssh = new Ssh()
+  console.log('config file', arg)
+  await ssh.configure(arg.c ? arg.c : null) // default config
+  log.info(`making connection to ${ssh.opts.host}`)
+  let  [err] = await to(ssh.connect())
+  if (err) {
+    log.info({err:err, msg:'unable to connect'})
+    return err
+  }
+  // let cmd = arg._.join(' ')
+  // console.log(cmd)
+  // let [err2,res] = await to(ssh.exec(cmd))
+  // if (err2) {
+  //   log.info({err:err2, command:cmd, msg:'error running command aborting'})
+  //   return
+  // }
+  // ssh.close()
+  // return res
+
+  let res = await ssh.shell({cli:true})
+  console.log('ALL DONE', res.command, res.cmds, )
+
+
+})().catch(err => {
+  console.error('FATAL: Failed to Connecct to Remote!\n',err)
+})
diff --git a/bin/ssh.sh b/bin/ssh.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..dded45b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/ssh.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+DEV_BIN=/mnt/238/nas/david/hacking/active-dev-repos/uci/lib/uci-remote-code/bin  
+UCI_DEV=true /usr/bin/node $DEV_BIN/ssh-cli $@
diff --git a/nodemon.json b/nodemon.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de7e448
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nodemon.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "ext": "js, yaml"
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0c25935..c4c8e31 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,8 +3,12 @@
   "version": "0.0.2",
   "description": "module to copy, maintain, and launch hardware modules on other machines",
   "main": "src/index.js",
+  "bin": {
+    "ssh": "./bin/ssh.js"
+  },
   "scripts": {
-    "testd": "./node_modules/.bin/mocha -r esm --watch --timeout 30000 || exit 0",
+    "ssh": "node -r esm ./bin/ssh",
+    "testd": "UCI_DEV=true ./node_modules/.bin/nodemon --exec './node_modules/.bin/mocha -r esm --timeout 30000'",
     "test": "UCI_PRO=./test/test.log  ./node_modules/.bin/mocha -r esm --timeout 30000 || exit 0",
     "testibc": "istanbul cover ./node_modules/.bin/_mocha test/ --report lcovonly -- -R spec --recursive && codecov || true"
   },
@@ -27,16 +31,19 @@
     "@uci/logger": "0.0.9",
     "await-to-js": "^2.1.1",
     "chokidar": "^2.0.4",
+    "conf": "^2.2.0",
+    "fs-read-data": "^1.0.4",
     "p-settle": "^2.1.0",
-    "rsyncwrapper": "^3.0.1",
-    "ssh2": "^0.8.2"
+    "ssh2": "^0.8.2",
+    "yargs": "^12.0.5"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "chai": "^4.2.0",
+    "chai-arrays": "^2.0.0",
     "codecov": "^3.1.0",
     "esm": "^3.1.4",
     "istanbul": "^0.4.5",
     "mocha": "^5.x",
-    "read-yaml-file": "^1.1.0"
+    "nodemon": "^1.18.9"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/ignore.js b/src/ignore.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e6692a8..0000000
--- a/src/ignore.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-import settle from 'p-settle'
-import { promisify } from 'util'
-import { readFile } from 'fs'
-import path from 'path'
-const read = promisify(readFile)
-
-// A helper function to return a list of paths to ignore from .npmignore, .gitignore, .rcignore
-function ignore (repoPath,files) {
-  // console.log('additional files', files)
-  let ignoreList = []
-  let ignoreFiles = ['.npmignore','.gitignore','.rcignore']
-  if (Array.isArray(files)) {
-    ignoreFiles=[...ignoreFiles,...files]
-  } else {
-    if (files) ignoreFiles.push(files)
-  }
-
-  // each set in an the array is new line delimited set of ignore patterns
-  return settle(ignoreFiles.map(file => {
-    // console.log('directory',path.dirname(file))
-    if (path.dirname(file)==='.') file = repoPath+'/'+file
-    // console.log('file', file)
-    return read(file)
-  }))
-    .then((sets) => {
-      sets.forEach( set =>  {
-        if (set.isFulfilled) ignoreList.push(...set.value.toString().match(/.+/g))
-        else console.log('READ ERROR=> ',set.reason.Error)
-      })
-      // console.log('built list=====================', ignoreList)
-      return Promise.resolve(ignoreList)
-    })
-    .catch((err) => {
-      // only returned when something horrible is wrong
-      return Promise.reject(err)
-    })
-}
-
-export default ignore
diff --git a/src/read-lines.js b/src/read-lines.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b02832e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/read-lines.js
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+
+import { promisify } from 'util'
+import { readFile, writeFile } from 'fs'
+const read = promisify(readFile)
+const write = promisify(writeFile)
+// alternative with new promise experimental fs
+// import fs from 'fs'
+// const read = fs.promises.readFile
+import settle from 'p-settle'
+import path from 'path'
+import logger from '@uci/logger'
+let log = logger({ name: 'remote-code', file:'src/read-lines.js'})
+
+// A promise helper function to return a list of paths to ignore from .npmignore, .gitignore, .rcignore
+function readLines (files=[],dir) {
+  // console.log('additional files', files)
+  let list = []
+  if (!Array.isArray(files)) files=[files]
+
+  // each set in an the array is new line delimited set of ignore patterns
+  // settle returns array of error,value pairs
+  return settle(files.map(file => {
+    // console.log('directory',path.dirname(file))
+    if (path.dirname(file)==='.') file = dir+'/'+file
+    log.info({function:'readLines',file:file,msg:'reading a file of lines into array'})
+    return read(file)
+  }))
+    .then((sets) => {
+      sets.forEach( set =>  {
+        if (set.isFulfilled) list.push(...set.value.toString().match(/.+/g))
+        else log.warn({function:'readLines', error:set.reason, msg:' was unable to read file'})
+      })
+      return Promise.resolve(list)
+    })
+    .catch((err) => {
+      // only returned when something horrible is wrong
+      return Promise.reject(err)
+    })
+}
+
+// an ignore list should not be huge so can serailize at once
+function writeLines (filePath,list) {
+
+  return write(filePath,list.join('\n'))
+    .then(() => {
+      log.info({function:'writeLines', file:filePath, msg:'wrote array to file of lines'})
+    })
+    .catch( err => {
+      log.fatal({function:'writeLines', error:err, msg:'unable to write array to file of lines'})
+    })
+}
+
+export default readLines
+export { readLines, writeLines }
diff --git a/src/ssh.js b/src/ssh.js
index 1ffeb0e..1e81f10 100644
--- a/src/ssh.js
+++ b/src/ssh.js
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 import { promisify } from 'util'
+import readline from 'readline'
+import { dirname } from 'path'
 import to from 'await-to-js'
 import { readFile } from 'fs'
+const read = promisify(readFile)
+import { readFile as readConfig } from 'fs-read-data'
 import { Client } from 'ssh2'
 import logger from '@uci/logger'
+import Conf from 'conf'
 let log = {} // declare module wide log to be set during construction
 
-const read = promisify(readFile)
 // ssh client is already an event emitter
 class Ssh extends Client {
   constructor(opts={}) {
@@ -13,13 +17,35 @@ class Ssh extends Client {
     this.opts = opts
     log = logger({ name: 'remote-code', file:'src/ssh.js', class:'Ssh', id: opts.id })
     this.ready = false
-    // additional options available
-    this.rpath = opts.rpath || '/opt'  // will cd to this path upon connect
+    this.config = new Conf({projectName:'ssh-uci'})
+    this.configsDir = process.env.SSH_CONFIG_DIR || this.config.get('configsDir') || dirname(this.config.path)
+    console.log(this.configsDir)
+    this.rpath = opts.rpath || '/opt'  // can be used to make all commands run in a particular remote path
+  }
+
+  async configure(opts,overwrite) {
+    let configPath
+    if (typeof opts ==='boolean' || !opts ) {
+      if (typeof opts ==='boolean') overwrite = opts
+      configPath =  this.configsDir+'/'+this.config.get('defaultConfig')
+      opts = await readConfig(configPath)
+    }
+    if (typeof opts === 'string') {
+      configPath = (opts.indexOf('/') === -1)? this.configsDir+'/'+opts : opts
+      opts = await readConfig(configPath)
+    }
+
+    console.log('configPath',configPath)
+    console.log('opts',opts)
+    this.opts = overwrite ? Object.assign(this.opts,opts) : Object.assign(opts, this.opts)
+
+
   }
 
   async connect(copts = {}) {
     const opts = Object.assign({},this.opts,copts) // merge any changes pasted via connect
     // log.info('connection options ', opts)
+    if (opts.agentenv) opts.agent = process.env[opts.agentenv]
     opts.readyTimeout = opts.readyTimeout | 5000  // default was 20 seconds...too long
     opts.privateKey = opts.privateKey || opts.privateKeyPath ? await read(opts.privateKeyPath) : null
     //  log.info(opts.privateKeyPath, opts.privateKey)
@@ -31,7 +57,7 @@ class Ssh extends Client {
         resolve(`connected to ${this.opts.host}`)
       })
       this.on('error', (err) => {
-        log.info('connection error', err)
+        log.info({err:err, opts:this.opts, msg:'connection error'})
         reject(err)
       })
     })
@@ -39,10 +65,26 @@ class Ssh extends Client {
 
   close() {
     this.ready=false
+    log.info('closing ssh connection')
     this.end()
   }
 
-  async exec(command = 'ls -la', opts={}) {
+  async shell(command, opts={}) {
+    if (Object.prototype.toString.call(command) === '[object Object]') {
+      opts = command
+      if (!opts.cli) {
+        this.close()
+        let err = new Error('no terminal interactive shell must pass a command')
+        log.fatal({command:command, opts:opts, err:err, msg:'no terminal interactive shell must pass a command'})
+        return err
+      }
+      command = []  // a place to store all terminal commands
+    }
+    opts.shell=true
+    return this.exec(command,opts)
+  }
+
+  async exec(cmd = 'ls -la', opts={}) {
     if (!this.ready) {
       log.info('not connected, attempting connect first')
       let [err] = await to(this.connect())
@@ -50,27 +92,55 @@ class Ssh extends Client {
     }
     // log.info('executing command ', command)
     const remote = this
-    let superexec = super.exec.bind(this)
+    const superexec = opts.shell? super.shell.bind(this) : super.exec.bind(this)
+    let command = opts.shell ? opts : cmd
     return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
-      let reply=[]
-      let error=[]
+      let reply
+      let error
       superexec(command, function(err, stream) {
+        console.log('command,cmd,opts',command,cmd,opts)
+        const done = () => {
+          if (error) remote.emit('remote:error',error)
+          resolve({command:command,cmds:cmd,reply:reply,error:error})
+        }
         if (err) reject(err)
-        stream.on('finish', () => {
-          if (remote.opts.close || opts.close) {
-            log.info('closing connection')
-            remote.close
-          }
-          if (error.length!==0) remote.emit('client:error',error)
-          resolve({command:command,reply:reply,error:error})
+        // listerners
+        stream.once('close', () => {
+          if (remote.opts.close || opts.close || opts.cli) {
+            remote.on('end', done)
+            remote.close()
+          } else done()
+        }).on('data', function(data) {
+          reply += data.toString()
+          if (opts.cli) process.stdout.write(data.toString())
+          else log.info(`${remote.opts.host}$ ${data}`)
+        }).stderr.on('data', function(data) {
+          error += data.toString()
+          if (opts.cli) process.stderr.write(data.toString())
+          else log.info(`${remote.opts.host}:ERR $: ${data}`)
         })
-          .on('data', function(data) {
-            reply.push(data)
-            log.info(`${remote.opts.host}$ ${data}`)
-          }).stderr.on('data', function(data) {
-            error.push(data)
-            log.info(`${remote.opts.host}:ERR$ ${data}`)
-          })
+        // alternate shell processing
+        if (opts.shell) {
+          if (opts.cli) { // terminal interactive shell sesssion
+            const cli= readline.createInterface({input:process.stdin, output:process.stdout})
+            cli.on('line', line => {
+              cmd.push(line)
+              console.log('storedcmds=>', cmd)
+              if(line.trim() === 'exit') {
+                console.log('ending stream')
+                cli.removeAllListeners()
+                cli.close()
+                stream.end(`${line}\n`)
+              } else {
+                console.log('not exit')
+                stream.write(`${line}\n`)
+              }
+            }) // end terminal listener
+          }
+        }
+        else {
+          stream.end(cmd)  // one off shell command
+        } // end shell processing
       }) // end super
     }) // end Promise
   }
diff --git a/src/sync.js b/src/sync.js
index 823ccd2..46f963e 100644
--- a/src/sync.js
+++ b/src/sync.js
@@ -1,61 +1,113 @@
-const path = require('path')
-const Rsync = require('rsync')
+import { EventEmitter as Emitter } from 'events'
+import path from 'path'
+// import promisify from 'util'
+import { readFile as readConfig } from 'fs-read-data'
+import { exec as child } from 'child_process'
+// import ignoreFiles from './ignore'
+import logger from '@uci/logger'
+let log = {} // declare module wide log to be set during construction
 
-class Sync {
-  constructor(opts) {
-    this.options = opts
-    this.rsync = new Rsync()
-      .archive()
-      .delete()
-      .compress()
-      .dirs()
-      .exclude('node_modules/')
-      .exclude('.git/')
-      .source(path.join(opts.source, '/'))
-      .destination(`${opts.ssh.username}@${opts.ssh.host}:${path.join(opts.target)}`)
-    // can pass array of string of addition exlcudes - from a list likely
-    if (opts.excludes) {
-      this.rsync.exclude(opts.excludes)
-    }
-    if (opts.ssh.agent) {
-      this.rsync.shell(`ssh -p ${opts.ssh.port}`)
-    }
-    if (opts.ssh.keyfilePath) {
-      // This does NOT work with keys with pass phrase, use an ssh agent!
-      this.rsync.shell(`ssh -i ${opts.ssh.keyfilePath} -p ${opts.ssh.port}`)
-    }
-    if (opts.ssh.password) {
-      this.rsync.shell(`sshpass -p ${opts.ssh.password} ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -l ${opts.ssh.username}`)
-    }
-    console.log(this.rsync.command())
-    this.syncInProgress = false
-    return this
+class Sync extends Emitter {
+  constructor(opts = {}) {
+    super()
+    log = logger({ name: 'remote-code', file:'src/sync.js', class:'Sync'})
+    this.opts = opts
+    // this.opts.more = this.opts.more || []
+    // this.opts.ssh = this.opts.ssh || []
+    this.jobOpts = {}
   }
 
-  addStdOutStream(stream) {
-    this.stdOutStream = stream
-    return this
+  async configure(opts,overwrite) {
+    if (typeof opts === 'string') opts = await readConfig(opts) // opts here is path to configuration file
+    this.opts = overwrite ? Object.assign(this.opts,opts) : Object.assign(opts, this.opts)
   }
 
-  addStdErrStream(stream) {
-    this.stdErrStream = stream
-    return this
+  addOpt(option,value) {
+    this.opts.more = this.opts.more || []
+    this.opts.more.push(`${(option.length > 1)?'--':'-'}${option} ${value}`)
+    log.info (this.opts.more)
   }
 
-  execute() {
-    this.syncInProgress = true
+  addSshOpt(option,value) {
+    this.opts.ssh = this.opts.ssh || []
+    this.opts.ssh.push(`${(option.length > 1)?'--':'-'}${option} ${value}`)
+    log.info (this.opts.ssh)
+  }
+
+  command(src, dest) {
+    this.opts.src = src || this.opts.src || process.cwd()
+    this.opts.dest = dest || this.opts.dest || `/opt/${process.cwd().match(/([^/]*)\/*$/)[1]}`
+    this.cmd=`rsync ${this._opts} ${this._ssh()} ${this.opts.src}/ ${this.opts.dest}`
+    // this.cmd = JSON.stringify(this.opts)
+    return this.cmd
+  }
+
+  _ssh() {
+    if (!(this.opts.username && this.opts.host)) return ''
+    this.opts.dest = `${this.opts.username}@${this.opts.host}:${this.opts.dest}`
+    if (this.opts.keyFilePath) this.addSshOpt('i',this.opts.keyFilePath)
+    if (this.opts.port) this.addSshOpt('p',this.opts.port)
+    if (!this.opts.ssh) return ''
+    return `-e "ssh ${this.opts.ssh.join(' ')}"`
+  }
+
+  _opts() {
+    if (typeof opts.mirror==='boolean' && !opts.mirror)
+
+
+  // if ssh agent is not available in child process can make it so
+  _agent(path) {
+    // this.jobOpts.env
+  }
+
+  // returns a promise when job is done
+  execute(src,dest) {
+    const sync = this
+    let reply=[]
+    let error=[]
+    sync.emit('busy')
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      this.rsync.execute((err, resCode) => {
-        if (err) {
-          return reject(err)
-        }
-        this.syncInProgress = false
-        resolve(resCode)
-      },
-      this.stdOutStream,
-      this.stdErrStream)
+      // may need to be sure that child has agent socket envirnoment variable
+      if (this.opts.agent) this._agent(this.opts.agent)
+      const job = child(this.command(src,dest), this.jobOpts)
+
+      job.on('error', (err) => {
+        log.fatal({err:err, opts:sync.opts, msg:'failed to spawn rsync job'})
+        reject(err)
+      })
+
+      job.on('close', (code) => {
+        log.info(`sync job exited with code ${code}`)
+        if (error.length!==0) sync.emit('remote:error',error)
+        sync.emit('done',{command:sync.cmd, reply:reply})
+        resolve({command:sync.cmd,reply:reply,error:error})
+      })
+
+      job.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
+        log.info({remote:sync.opts.host, console:data, msg:'console data from remote'})
+        reply.push(data)
+      })
+
+      job.stderr.on('data', (data) => {
+        log.warn({remote:sync.opts.host, error:data, msg:'error from remote'})
+        error.push(data)
+      })
+
     })
   }
+
+}// end Class Sync
+
+export default Sync
+
+function isPlainObject (obj) {
+  return Object.prototype.toString.call(obj) === '[object Object]'
 }
 
-module.exports = Sync
+function escapeSpaces (str) {
+  if (typeof str === 'string') {
+    return str.replace(/\b\s/g, '\\ ')
+  } else {
+    return path
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/anotherignorefile b/test/anotherignorefile
deleted file mode 100644
index b3ecd80..0000000
--- a/test/anotherignorefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-wtf/
diff --git a/test/config/ssh.yaml b/test/config/ssh.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ff04f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/config/ssh.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+host: switches.kebler.net
+username: sysadmin
+# agent: /run/user/1000/ssh-agent.socket
+# agentenv: SSH_AUTH_SOCK
+#privateKeyPath: /home/david/.ssh/privatekeys/sysadmin.kebler.net
+#passphrase: '51535560'
diff --git a/test/config/sync.yaml b/test/config/sync.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d536fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/config/sync.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+host: giskard.kebler.net
+#port: 33
+username: sysadmin
+keyFilePath: '~/.ssh/keyfile'
+src: ./test/repo
+dest: /opt/repo
diff --git a/test/ignore.test.js b/test/ignore.test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 1cbf9e2..0000000
--- a/test/ignore.test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-'use strict'
-
-import ignore from '../src/ignore'
-import { expect } from 'chai'
-import { it } from 'mocha'
-// pause = require('@uci/utils').pPause
-
-describe (
-  'Build Ignore Array',
-  function () {
-    // hooks()
-    buildIgnoreList()
-    // someothertests()
-  })
-
-//****************** TESTS **********************
-function buildIgnoreList() {
-  it('==> can create array for multiple files of ignore lines', async function () {
-    const shouldbe = [ 'tests/',
-      'test/',
-      '*.test.js',
-      'testing/',
-      'example/',
-      '/node_modules/',
-      '/coverage/',
-      'foo/**',
-      'bar/*.js' ]
-    let result = await ignore(__dirname+'/repo')
-    //console.log('returned to test',result, shouldbe)
-    expect(result, 'list build failed').to.deep.equal(shouldbe)
-  })
-  it('==> can create array with additional passed in file and relative repo path', async function () {
-    const shouldbe = [ 'tests/',
-      'test/',
-      '*.test.js',
-      'testing/',
-      'example/',
-      '/node_modules/',
-      '/coverage/',
-      'foo/**',
-      'bar/*.js',
-      'bah/*/*.js'
-    ]
-    let result = await ignore('./test/repo','.testignore')
-    //console.log('returned to test',result, shouldbe)
-    expect(result, 'list build failed').to.deep.equal(shouldbe)
-  })
-  it('==> can handle file in other than repo path', async function () {
-    const shouldbe = [ 'tests/',
-      'test/',
-      '*.test.js',
-      'testing/',
-      'example/',
-      '/node_modules/',
-      '/coverage/',
-      'foo/**',
-      'bar/*.js',
-      'wtf/'
-    ]
-    let result = await ignore(__dirname+'/repo','./test/anotherignorefile')
-    //console.log('returned to test',result, shouldbe)
-    expect(result, 'list build failed').to.deep.equal(shouldbe)
-  })
-}
diff --git a/test/read-lines.test.js.off b/test/read-lines.test.js.off
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8baad10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/read-lines.test.js.off
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+// let ignoreFiles = ['.npmignore','.gitignore']
+
+import { readLines, writeLines }  from '../src/read-lines'
+import chai from 'chai'
+import assertArrays from 'chai-arrays'
+import { it } from 'mocha'
+
+chai.use(assertArrays)
+const expect = chai.expect
+
+describe (
+  'Read a File of Lines to Array and vice versa',
+  function () {
+    readList()
+    writeList()
+  })
+
+//****************** TESTS **********************
+function readList() {
+  it('==> can read one or more files (no order) each line as element in an array with common directory', async function () {
+    const shouldbe = [ 'tests/',
+      'test/',
+      '*.test.js',
+      'testing/',
+      'example/',
+      '/node_modules/',
+      '/coverage/' ]
+    let result = await readLines(['.gitignore','.npmignore'],__dirname+'/repo')
+    expect(result, 'list build failed').to.be.containingAllOf(shouldbe)
+  })
+
+  it('==> can read two files one relative the other absolute', async function () {
+    const shouldbe = [ 'tests/',
+      'test/',
+      '*.test.js',
+      'testing/',
+      'example/',
+      '/node_modules/',
+      '/coverage/' ]
+    let result = await readLines(['./test/repo/.gitignore',__dirname+'/repo/.npmignore'])
+    expect(result, 'list build failed').to.be.containingAllOf(shouldbe)
+  })
+}
+
+
+function writeList() {
+
+  it('==> can write an array items as lines in a file', async function () {
+    const shouldbe = await readLines(['.gitignore','.npmignore'],__dirname+'/repo')
+    await writeLines(__dirname+'/repo/combined.list',shouldbe)
+    const result = await readLines(['combined.list'],__dirname+'/repo')
+    expect(result, 'list build failed').to.be.containingAllOf(shouldbe)
+  })
+}
diff --git a/test/repo/combined.list b/test/repo/combined.list
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6115502
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/repo/combined.list
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/node_modules/
+/coverage/
+tests/
+test/
+*.test.js
+testing/
+example/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/ssh.test.js b/test/ssh.test.js.off
similarity index 78%
rename from test/ssh.test.js
rename to test/ssh.test.js.off
index d89d69a..9590a96 100644
--- a/test/ssh.test.js
+++ b/test/ssh.test.js.off
@@ -2,18 +2,16 @@ import Ssh from '../src/ssh'
 import to from 'await-to-js'
 import { expect } from 'chai'
 import { it } from 'mocha'
-import read from 'read-yaml-file'
 import logger from '@uci/logger'
-// pause = require('@uci/utils').pPause
 
 describe('SSH Class Testing ',async ()=> {
 
   let remote
   let log
   before(async () => {
-    log = logger({ name: 'remote-code', test:'/test/ssh.test.js', class:'Ssh',file:'src/ssh.js', id: 'testing' })
-    let opts = await read('./test/ssh.yaml')
-    remote = new Ssh(opts)
+    log = logger({ name: 'remote-code', test:'/test/ssh.test.js', class:'Ssh', file:'src/ssh.js', id: 'testing' })
+    remote = new Ssh()
+    await remote.configure('./test/config/ssh') // will pick up config file format
     log.info(`making connection to ${remote.opts.host}`)
     let  [err] = await to(remote.connect())
     if (err) {
@@ -33,7 +31,7 @@ describe('SSH Class Testing ',async ()=> {
       log.info('error running command aborting test', err)
       return
     }
-    log.info(`result of remote command ${res.command} => ${res.reply.toString().trim()}`)
+    log.info({remoteHost:remote.opts.host, reply:res.reply.toString().trim(), err:err, cmd:res.command, msg:`remote command completed ${res.command}`})
     expect(res.reply.toString().trim(), 'test failed').to.equal('/opt')
   })
 
diff --git a/test/ssh.yaml b/test/ssh.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 87d6866..0000000
--- a/test/ssh.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-host: switches.kebler.net
-username: sysadmin
-# agent: /run/user/1000/ssh-agent.socket
-privateKeyPath: /home/david/.ssh/privatekeys/sysadmin.kebler.net
-passphrase: '51535560'
diff --git a/test/sync.test.js b/test/sync.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..964afda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/sync.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import Sync from '../src/sync'
+import to from 'await-to-js'
+import { expect } from 'chai'
+import { it } from 'mocha'
+import logger from '@uci/logger'
+// pause = require('@uci/utils').pPause
+
+describe('Sync Class Testing ',async ()=> {
+
+  let sync
+  let log
+  before(async () => {
+    log = logger({ name: 'remote-code', test:'/test/sync.test.js', class:'sync',file:'src/sync.js', id: 'testing' })
+    sync = new Sync()
+    await sync.configure('./test/repo/config')
+    log.info({cmd:sync.command(), msg:'Rsync Command that will Run'})
+    // log.info(`making connection to ${remote.opts.host}`)
+    // log.info('ready for testing')
+  })
+
+  // after(async () => {
+  //   remote.close()
+  // })
+
+  it('can sync a directory' , async function () {
+    // let [err,res] = await to(remote.exec('cd /opt && pwd'))
+    // if (err) {
+    //   log.info('error running command aborting test', err)
+    //   return
+    // }
+    // log.info(`result of remote command ${res.command} => ${res.reply.toString().trim()}`)
+    expect('test', 'test failed').to.equal('/opt')
+  })
+
+})
+
+// function hooks(remote) {
+//
+
+// // beforeEach(async() => {
+// // await someasyncfunctiontodobeforeeachtest()
+// // })
+//
+// // after(async() => {
+// // await someasyncfunctiontodoaftereeachtest()
+// // })
+//
+// }
diff --git a/src/watcher.test.js b/test/watcher.test.js.off
similarity index 100%
rename from src/watcher.test.js
rename to test/watcher.test.js.off