diff --git a/modules/filesystem/btrfs/btrbk.lib b/modules/filesystem/btrfs/btrbk.lib
index 0d3e951..f5cec92 100644
--- a/modules/filesystem/btrfs/btrbk.lib
+++ b/modules/filesystem/btrfs/btrbk.lib
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ for dest in $dests; do
 for snap in $latest; do
 # [[ -e $dest/${snap%%.*}.latest ]] && $dry_run_echo sudo rm $dest/${snap%%.*}.latest
 local cmd="sudo ln -srfn  $dest/$snap $dest/${snap%%.*}.latest"
-echo $cmd
-[[ ! $dry_run ]] && $cmd
+echo $cmd 
+[[ ! $dry_run ]] && $cmd >&2 /dev/null
 done
 done
 
diff --git a/modules/utility/copy.func b/modules/utility/copy.lib
similarity index 98%
rename from modules/utility/copy.func
rename to modules/utility/copy.lib
index 4d2808b..517d6cc 100644
--- a/modules/utility/copy.func
+++ b/modules/utility/copy.lib
@@ -186,7 +186,9 @@ EOF
       else
         args+=("${@:1}")
     fi
-    args+=( "$(remove_end_spaces "-e '$(ssh -l "${sshargs[*]}")'")") 
+
+    [[ $DHOST || $SHOST ]] && [[ $sshargs ]] && args+=( "$(remove_end_spaces "-e '$(ssh -l "${sshargs[*]}")'")") 
+ 
 
   # assemble options
   [[ ! $exec ]] && args+=(--dry-run -v)