diff --git a/alias/acl b/alias/acl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..000ace8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alias/acl
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+alias aud="acluserdir"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/env/01-path b/env/01-path
index b060ab6..b318959 100644
--- a/env/01-path
+++ b/env/01-path
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
   export PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin
   fi
 
-path_append /opt/bin
-path_append "$HOME/bin"
-path_append "$HOME/.local/bin"
+# with prependthese take prescendence over stuff  ones in /usr and /bin
+path_prepend /opt/bin
+path_prepend "$HOME/bin"
+path_prepend "$HOME/.local/bin"
diff --git a/function/acl b/function/acl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea8e0a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/function/acl
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+acluserdir() {
+  module_load confirm
+  local uid
+  local usesudo
+  local del
+  local spec
+  local cmd="-R  -m "
+  local cmdd="-dR  -m"
+  if [[ $1 == "-d" ]]; then 
+  shift
+   echo deleting an acl entries for $1
+   opts="-R  -x"
+   optsd="-dR  -x"
+   spec="u:$1 $2"
+   else 
+   opts="-R  -m "
+   optsd="-dR  -m"
+   spec="u:$1:rwX $2"
+   fi
+  [[ ! $2 ]] && echo acluserdir: both user and direcotory must be passed && return 1
+  uid=$(id -u $1 2>/dev/null) 
+  [[ $uid -lt 1000 ]] && echo no such regular user $1 && return 2
+  [[ ! -d $2 ]] && echo no such directory $2 && return 3
+  if [[ ! -w $2 ]];then
+   echo $2 not writable by current user $USER
+   if [[ ! $(sudo -l -U $USER 2>/dev/null) ]]; then 
+    echo user does not have sudo privilges, aborting
+    return 4
+    else 
+    confirm "do you want to elevate to root and continue?" || return 5
+    usesudo="sudo"
+  fi
+  fi
+
+  echo this are the commands that you will run
+  echo '******************'
+  echo $usesudo setfacl $opts  $spec
+  echo $usesudo setfacl $optsd $spec
+  echo '******************'
+  confirm Double Check. Do you want to continue?  || return 6
+  $usesudo setfacl $opts  $spec
+  $usesudo setfacl $optsd $spec
+  echo '*** new acl entries ***'
+  $usesudo getfacl -p --omit-header $2 | grep $1
+}
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/function/ssh b/function/ssh
deleted file mode 100644
index 0b9e7fe..0000000
--- a/function/ssh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# this will superceed the ssh binary in order to source all the config files
-module_load file # loads find and build_file
-
-function ssh_config () {
-local CDIRS
-local CDIR
-local DIRS
-local DIR
-local PDIRS
-
-declare OPTION
-declare OPTARG
-declare OPTIND
-while getopts 'd:' OPTION; do
-  # echo $OPTION $OPTARG
-case "$OPTION" in
-  d)
-    PDIRS=$OPTARG
-    # echo option d: $DIRS
-    ;;
-  *)
-    echo unknown option $OPTION
-    ;;
-esac
-done
-
-shift $(( OPTIND - 1 ))
-
-local OUTPUT=${*:-"$BASH_SHELL_BASE/ssh/config/_config"}
-[[ $PDIRS ]] && DIRS=($PDIRS) || DIRS=(${BASH_SHELL_DIRS} "$HOME/$BASH_SHELL_USER")
-# echo DIRS "${DIRS[@]}"
-# echo $OUTPUT
-CDIRS=()
-j=0
-cnt=${#DIRS[@]}
-for ((i=0;i<cnt;i++)); do
-    # echo $i of $cnt
-    DIR="${DIRS[i]}$([[ ! $PDIRS ]] && echo /ssh/config)"
-    # echo ----- trying $DIR
-    [ -d $DIR ] && CDIRS[j]=$DIR;j+=1 || echo no directory $DIR
-done
-# CDIRS=("${CDIRS[@]}")
-# echo ${CDIRS[@]}
-
-local HEADER="##############################################################
-# THIS FILE IS GENERATED BY function ssh_config. Do not edit #
-# It is created by combination of ssh configuration files    #
-# which are listed in a comment line before each             #
-# It is used by the ssh function which then calls ssh binary #
-##############################################################"
-
-debug ssh config file at: $OUTPUT
-mkdir -p "$(dirname "$OUTPUT")"
-echo -e "$HEADER" > $OUTPUT
-build_file "/etc/ssh/ssh_config" $OUTPUT
-# echo existing dirs ${CDIRS[@]}
-for CDIR in "${CDIRS[@]}"
-do
-  # FILES=$(find -n '*.cfg' -d 0 $CDIR)
-  for f in $(_find -n '*.cfg' -p 'archive off' -d 0 $CDIR) ;
-  do
-    # echo "Processing $f";
-   [[ $f ]] && build_file "$f" $OUTPUT
-  done
-done
-build_file "$HOME/.ssh/config" $OUTPUT
-}
-
-ssh () {
-  if [[ $1 = "-F" ]]; then
-  CONFIG=${2:-"$BASH_SHELL_BASE/ssh/config/_config"}
-  shift;shift
-  fi
-  CONFIG=${CONFIG:-"$BASH_SHELL_BASE/ssh/config/_config"}
-  [[ -f "$CONFIG" ]] || ssh_config "$CONFIG"
-  command ssh -F $CONFIG "$@"
-}
diff --git a/module.lib b/module.lib
index 6892a51..ad9dfec 100644
--- a/module.lib
+++ b/module.lib
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # echo loading module library
-module_confirm () {
+
+module_confirm() {
+
 local FILE
 local DIR
 local NAME
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ return 1
 }
 
 # if succesfull returns the path
-function module_find () {
+module_find() {
 
 [ ! $1 ] && echo "no module specified" && return 1
 
@@ -63,9 +65,10 @@ for MDIR in "${MDIRS[@]}"
      [ $? -eq 0 ] && echo $RES && return 0
   done
   return 1
+
 }
 
-module_load () {
+module_load() {
 [ ! $1 ] && echo "no module specified" && return 1
 # (return 0 2>/dev/null) && echo "module_load was sourced" || echo "module_log was executed"
 local FILE
@@ -77,7 +80,7 @@ source $FILE
 return 0
 }
 
-module_loaded () {
+module_loaded() {
   [ ! $1 ] && echo "no module specified" && return 1
   local func
   local ret
@@ -97,32 +100,29 @@ module_loaded () {
    return $ret
 }
 
-
 # exported for login environment
-declare -f -x module_load
-declare -f -x module_find
-declare -f -x module_confirm
+# declare -f -x module_load
+# declare -f -x module_find
+# declare -f -x module_confirm
 
+# uncomment for testing
+# function _test_modules {
+# RED='\033[0;31m'
+# NC='\033[0m' # No Color
+# echo module to test: $1
+# echo --------------------
+# echo -e "testing: ${RED}module_find${NC}"
+# FILE=$(module_find $1)
+# [ $? -ne 0 ] && echo no module $1 found && return 1
+# echo module $FILE found
+# # . $FILE
+# echo ---------------
+# echo -e "testing: ${RED}module_load${NC}"
+# module_load $1
+# [ $? -ne 0 ] && echo no module $1 found && return 1
+# echo loaded module $1
+# echo ----------------------
+# echo -e "testing: ${RED}module_loaded${NC}"
+# module_loaded $1
+# }
 
-function test_modules {
-RED='\033[0;31m'
-NC='\033[0m' # No Color
-echo module to test: $1
-echo --------------------
-echo -e "testing: ${RED}module_find${NC}"
-FILE=$(module_find $1)
-[ $? -ne 0 ] && echo no module $1 found && return 1
-echo module $FILE found
-# . $FILE
-echo ---------------
-echo -e "testing: ${RED}module_load${NC}"
-module_load $1
-[ $? -ne 0 ] && echo no module $1 found && return 1
-echo loaded module $1
-echo ----------------------
-echo -e "testing: ${RED}module_loaded${NC}"
-module_loaded $1
-}
-
-#comment this out if testing
-unset -f test_modules
diff --git a/modules/utility/helpers.mod b/modules/utility/helpers.mod
index 0d71830..26854ed 100644
--- a/modules/utility/helpers.mod
+++ b/modules/utility/helpers.mod
@@ -11,3 +11,15 @@ is_array() {
     local variable_name=$1
     [[ "$(declare -p $variable_name 2>/dev/null)" =~ "declare -a" ]]
 }
+
+filename() {
+  # passed entire path
+  echo $(basename "$1" | rev | cut -f 2- -d '.' | rev)  
+}
+
+adirname() {
+  # passed entire path
+ echo "$(cd "$(dirname "$1")" >/dev/null 2>&1 ; pwd -P )"
+}
+
+
diff --git a/shell.env b/shell.env
index f9a7de2..fe48698 100644
--- a/shell.env
+++ b/shell.env
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # for the rare interactive login shell
 # if you don't want the repos above sourced uncomment this next line
 # $NO_LOGIN_BASHRC=true
-# this is not effect non-interactive login shells like at user first login
+# this does not effect non-interactive login shells like at user first login
 
 # within each of those directories if load.sh exits it will be run
 # otherwise files will be sourced exactly like load.sh in the base
@@ -32,10 +32,11 @@
 export BASH_SHELL_LOAD=$BASH_SHELL_BASE/load.sh # load.sh is default
 export BASH_SHELL_STARTUP=$BASH_SHELL_BASE/startup.sh # strtup.sh is default
 
-# if uncommented next line sets up implicit sourcing for non-interactive shells
+# if uncommented next lines sets up implicit sourcing for non-interactive shells
 # echo ----NON_INTERACTIVE SHELL INFO-----
 # echo enabling bash shell repos for non-inactive shell
-# export BASH_ENV=$BASH_SHELL_LOAD # use base repo
+# export BASH_ENV=$BASH_SHELL_LOAD # same as interactive shell, beware usually too much
+export BASH_ENV=$BASH_SHELL_BASE/module.lib #  only load module loading functions
 # echo enabling aliases with non-interactive shell
 export BASH_USE_ALIAS=true  # will source aliases for non-interactive
 # echo see $BASH_SHELL_BASE/shell.env
diff --git a/ssh/config/readme.md b/ssh/config/readme.md
deleted file mode 100644
index d2a51fe..0000000
--- a/ssh/config/readme.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-*anything in /config will be used as configuration file with ssh function that calls ssh binary*
diff --git a/ssh/interactive b/ssh/interactive
deleted file mode 100644
index fc790db..0000000
--- a/ssh/interactive
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-if [[ $- == *i* ]]; then
-echo ssh interactive session
-fi
diff --git a/ssh/session/readme.md b/ssh/session/readme.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 223d2e1..0000000
--- a/ssh/session/readme.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-*anything in /session will be sourced if this is a remote ssh login session*