diff --git a/modules/filesystem/btrfs/btrfs.mod b/modules/filesystem/btrfs/btrfs.mod
index 1967679..5b172f7 100644
--- a/modules/filesystem/btrfs/btrfs.mod
+++ b/modules/filesystem/btrfs/btrfs.mod
@@ -3,9 +3,17 @@ export BTRFS_BIN=$(which btrfs)
 module_load confirm
 module_load helpers
 
-# set this for sudo
+# NOTE: set this for sudo
 # ALL ALL = (root) NOPASSWD:/bin/btrfs
 
+is_subvol () {
+  if [[ $1 == "-r" ]]; then
+    if ! btrfs subvolume show "$2" 2> /dev/null | grep readonly &> /dev/null; then return 1; fi
+   else  
+    btrfs subvolume show "$1" &> /dev/null
+  fi  
+}
+
 make_subvol() {
   local usesudo
   local uid
@@ -124,30 +132,63 @@ folder_snapshot() {
 
 
 snapshot_send() {
-  if [[ $1 == "-e" ]];then 
-    dr=""
-    shift 1
-   else 
-    echo "snapshot_send <-e> <souce snapshot path> <destination folder on different partition> <destination extension>"
-    echo preface with -e to execute 
-    dr="echo"
-  fi
-  temp="$(dirname $1)/tmp_send"
-  name=$(basename $1)
-  name=$(echo $name | cut -f 1 -d '.') 
-  ext="$(echo $name | cut -s -f 2 -d '.')"
+
+    # Show usage and exit with status
+    help () {
+        echo 'usage: snapshot_send -h,-r <source_path, full or relative> <destination_parent_dir> <optional, alternate directory name>'
+    }
+
+    if [[ $1 == "-h" ]]; then help; return; fi
+
+    local dr="echo " 
+    if [[ $1 == "-r" ]]; then 
+      unset dr; shift; 
+      else
+      echo this will be a dry run, use -r to actually run the command
+    fi
+
+    if [[ $# -lt 2 ]]; then  help; return 1; fi
+
+    # Check for directories
+    if ! is_subvol "$1"; then
+    echo source $1 not a subvolume
+    help
+    return 2
+    fi  
+
+    if [[ ! -d "$2" ]]; then
+    echo destination $2 not a valid directory
+    help; return 3
+    fi  
+
+      # Get paths
+  local src=$(abs_path "${1%/}")
+  local psrc="$(dirname $src)"
+  local dest=$(abs_path "${2%/}")
+  local snap=$(basename $src)
+  local ext="$(echo $snap | cut -s -f 2 -d '.')"
+  local name=$(echo $snap | cut -f 1 -d '.') 
   [[ $ext ]] && ext=".$ext"
   [[ $3 ]] && ext=".$3" 
-  sudo mkdir $temp 
-  $dr sudo $BTRFS_BIN sub snap -r $1 $temp/$name$ext
-  if [[ $dr ]]; then
-  $dr "sudo $BTRFS_BIN send $temp/$name$ext | btrfs receive $2"
-  else 
-  sudo $BTRFS_BIN send $temp/$name$ext | btrfs receive $2
+ 
+  local tsnap 
+  if ! is_subvol -r $src; then
+   tsnap=$psrc/$name.tmp 
+   $dr sudo $BTRFS_BIN sub snap -r $src $tsnap
   fi
-  $dr sudo $BTRFS_BIN sub del $temp/$name$ext
-  ls -la $2
-  sudo rm -r $temp
+
+  if [[ $dr ]]; then
+   echo "sudo $BTRFS_BIN send $([[ $tsnap ]] && echo $tsnap || echo $src) | btrfs receive $dest/$name$ext"
+   echo "[[ "$tsnap" ]] && sudo $BTRFS_BIN sub del $tsnap"
+  else 
+   sudo $BTRFS_BIN send $([[ $tsnap ]] && echo $tsnap || echo $src) | btrfs receive $dest
+   mv $dest/$snap $dest/$name$ext
+   [[ "$tsnap" ]] && sudo $BTRFS_BIN sub del $tsnap
+   echo transfer is complete
+   ls -la $dest
+   ls -la $dest/$name$ext
+  fi  
+
 }
 
 mount_subvolume () {
diff --git a/modules/utility/find.lib b/modules/utility/find.lib
index cf7089a..d5d67a5 100644
--- a/modules/utility/find.lib
+++ b/modules/utility/find.lib
@@ -195,3 +195,6 @@ return 0
 
 # alias chext=change-ext
 
+clean_locale () {
+/bin/find /usr/share/locale/* -maxdepth 0 -type d -a ! '(' -name 'en_US' ')' -exec sudo rm -r {} +
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/utility/mvlnbk.sh b/modules/utility/mvlnbk.sh
index c718320..0371741 100755
--- a/modules/utility/mvlnbk.sh
+++ b/modules/utility/mvlnbk.sh
@@ -2,44 +2,93 @@
 # moves a directory and then links it back
 # good for moving directories from one partition to another but without changing any settings
 
-SCRIPT_NAME='mvln'
-USAGE_STRING='usage: '$SCRIPT_NAME' <source_path> <destination_dir_path>'
+module_load copy
+module_load path
+module_load confirm
+
+mvlnbk () {
+
+    # Show usage and exit with status
+    help () {
+        echo 'usage: mvlnbk -h,-r <source_path, full or relative> <destination_parent_dir> <optional, alternate directory name> -- <copy options>'
+    }
+
+    if [[ $1 == "-h" ]]; then help; return; fi
+
+    local co; 
+    local dr="echo " 
+    
+    if [[ $1 == "-r" ]]; then 
+      co="-r"; unset dr; shift; 
+      else
+      echo this will be a dry run, use -r to actually run the command
+    fi
+
+    if [[ $# -lt 2 ]]; then  help; return 1; fi
+
+    # Check for directories
+    if [[ ! -d "$1" ]]; then
+    echo source $1 not a valid directory
+    help
+    return 2
+    fi  
+
+    if [[ ! -d "$2" ]]; then
+    echo destination $2 not a valid directory
+    help; return 3
+    fi  
+
+    # Get paths
+    local src=$(abs_path "${1%/}")
+    local psrc="$(dirname $src)"
+    local dest=$(abs_path "${2%/}")
+    local dir=$(basename $src)
+    local ddir=${3:-$dir}
+  
+    local use_sudo
+    if [[ $(stat -c %u "$psrc") != "$UID" ]]; then
+     echo $psrc not owned by current user $USER 
+     echo elevating to sudo
+     use_sudo="sudo "
+     co+=" -s"
+    fi 
+
+    if confirm do you want to move $src to $dest/$ddir and link back; then 
+        if $dr copy $co -m -i $src $dest/$ddir; then
+        echo directory copied successfully
+            echo moving source to temporary directory  $src-tmp
+            if $dr $use_sudo mv $src $src-tmp; then
+                echo success, creating link back now
+                if $dr $use_sudo ln -s "$dest/$ddir" "$src"; then
+                    if [[ ! $dr ]]; then
+                        echo success
+                        echo destination $dest/$ddir
+                        ls -la $dest/$ddir
+                        echo from link at $src
+                        ls -la $src
+                        ls -Lla $src
+                        if confirm -s Was the move and link back succesfull; then
+                            echo deleting the temporary directory $src-tmp
+                            $dr $use_sudo rm -rf $src-tmp
+                        else 
+                            echo restoring $src from $src-tmp
+                            $dr $use_sudo rm $src 
+                            $dr $use_sudo mv $src-tmp  $src
+                        fi
+                    fi    
+                fi  
+            else
+            echo failed to move source to temporary directory so not creating link back  
+            fi     
+        else
+        echo rsync copy failed, aborting link back 
+        fi
+
+    else
+        echo aborting move and link back
+    fi
 
-# Show usage and exit with status
-show_usage_and_exit () {
-    echo $USAGE_STRING
-    exit 1
 }
 
-# ERROR file does not exist
-no_file () {
-    echo $SCRIPT_NAME': '$1': No such file or directory'
-    exit 2
-}
-
-# Check syntax
-if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then
-    show_usage_and_exit
-fi
-
-# Check file existence
-if [ ! -e "$1" ]; then
-    no_file $1
-fi
-
-# Get paths
-source_path=$1
-destination_path=$2
-
-# Check that destination ends with a slash
-[[ $destination_path != */ ]] && destination_path="$destination_path"/
-
-# Move source
-[[ -d "$destination_path" ]] || mkdir -p "$destination_path"
-mv "$source_path" "$destination_path"
-
-# Get original path
-original_path=$destination_path$(basename $source_path)
-
-# Create symlink in source dir
-ln -s "$original_path" "${source_path%/}"
+# # if script was executed then call the function
+(return 0 2>/dev/null) || mvlnbk $@