diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4490a31..5ed7b58 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 /archive/
+/ssh-del/
diff --git a/function/net-utils.sh b/function/net-utils.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 88d1c79..0000000
--- a/function/net-utils.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-
-publicip () {
-dig +short myip.opendns.com @resolver1.opendns.com
-}
-
-getip () {
-dig +short $1 | tail -1
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/install-shell-base.lib b/modules/install-shell-base.lib
index 3bff94e..3bf631f 100644
--- a/modules/install-shell-base.lib
+++ b/modules/install-shell-base.lib
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 # must! be run as sudo
 install_shell_base () {
     # TODO have a cross distro package install
-    [[ ! $(which git) ]] && apt-get install --no-install-recommends git -y
-    [[ ! $EUID -eq 0 ]] && { echo ERROR script must be run as root; return; }
+    [[ ! $(which git) ]] && echo git must be installed first && return 1
+    [[ ! $EUID -eq 0 ]] && { echo ERROR script must be run as root; return 2; }
     mkdir -p /shell/base
     git clone https://git.kebler.net/bash/shell-base.git /shell/base
     chown -R ${1:-$1000}:${1:-1000} /shell
diff --git a/modules/remote.mod b/modules/remote.mod
index 80d8a17..146ac22 100644
--- a/modules/remote.mod
+++ b/modules/remote.mod
@@ -110,3 +110,12 @@ rm $file
 # # if script was executed then call the function
 (return 0 2>/dev/null) ||remote_script $@
 
+
+
+# sudo rsync --exclude *[C]ache* -e '/usr/bin/ssh -F /home/david/.ssh/_config' --progress -aAru /opt/chromium seldon:/opt
+
+remote_copy () {
+
+sudo rsync --exclude *[C]ache* -e '/usr/bin/ssh -F /home/david/.ssh/_config' --progress -aAru /opt/chromium seldon:/opt
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ssh/.gitignore b/ssh/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index b3483f8..0000000
--- a/ssh/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/_config
diff --git a/ssh/config/readme.md b/ssh/config/readme.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 689e50b..0000000
--- a/ssh/config/readme.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-
-all files in this ssh/config subdirectory will be incorporated into a master ssh configuration per the ssh_config function in the ssh module
-