diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6384a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*/archive/*
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8f9023a..7ab2992 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -66,3 +66,7 @@ If you are really done with something but want to keep a copy in the repo move i
 if sourcing some file depends on another preface with numbers to put it before.  Functions are all sourced before aliases so can be refered to there.
 
 Be aware that an alias or function set in the repo could be subsuming some existing binary or script.
+
+
+`[[ $BASHPID -eq $$ ]] && echo was called directly || echo was called in a subshell`
+https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/594809/201387
diff --git a/app/pio b/app/pio
deleted file mode 100644
index 1414b00..0000000
--- a/app/pio
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# pio in path and completion for platformio subcommands
-export PATH=$PATH:~/.platformio/penv/bin
-eval "$(_PLATFORMIO_COMPLETE=source platformio)"
-eval "$(_PIO_COMPLETE=source pio)"
diff --git a/env/01-opt.path b/env/01-opt.path
index 0f4ee81..dd63931 100644
--- a/env/01-opt.path
+++ b/env/01-opt.path
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
+# include binaries in /optu
 if [ -d "/opt/bin" ] ; then
     PATH="/opt/bin:$PATH"
 fi
diff --git a/env/ssh.env b/env/ssh.env
deleted file mode 100644
index 16f7c0b..0000000
--- a/env/ssh.env
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# set ssh agent socket for each session
-export SSH_AUTH_SOCK="$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/ssh-agent.socket"
diff --git a/function/01-path b/function/01-path
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0208ac1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/function/01-path
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+path_remove () {
+        local IFS=':'
+        local NEWPATH
+        local DIR
+        local PATHVARIABLE=${2:-PATH}
+        for DIR in ${!PATHVARIABLE} ; do
+                if [ "$DIR" != "$1" ] ; then
+                  NEWPATH=${NEWPATH:+$NEWPATH:}$DIR
+                fi
+        done
+        export $PATHVARIABLE="$NEWPATH"
+}
+
+path_prepend () {
+        path_remove $1 $2
+        local PATHVARIABLE=${2:-PATH}
+        export $PATHVARIABLE="$1${!PATHVARIABLE:+:${!PATHVARIABLE}}"
+}
+
+path_append () {
+        path_remove $1 $2
+        local PATHVARIABLE=${2:-PATH}
+        export $PATHVARIABLE="${!PATHVARIABLE:+${!PATHVARIABLE}:}$1"
+}
diff --git a/function/helpers b/function/helpers
index d66c16b..ef4ac68 100644
--- a/function/helpers
+++ b/function/helpers
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ get_prop_value () {
   echo $value
 }
 
+mounted () {
+[[ ! $1 ]] && echo no mount point to test && return 2
+ mountpoint "$1" &> /dev/null && echo yes || return 1
+}
+
 
 is_array() {
     local variable_name=$1
diff --git a/function/logit b/function/logit
index 50465fb..c643f35 100644
--- a/function/logit
+++ b/function/logit
@@ -17,3 +17,13 @@ function logit(){
       echo $(date) logging for $SCRIPT_PATH
   fi
 }
+
+#
+# LOG_DIR=/opt/bash/logs
+# mkdir -p $LOG_DIR
+# LOG_FILE=$LOG_DIR/bash_profile
+#
+# msg="$(date) \n Login for $USER \n $(env | grep BASH)"
+# [[ $- == *i* ]] && echo -e $msg || echo -e $msg  1> $LOG_FILE 2>&1
+#
+#
diff --git a/function/modules b/function/modules
index a747412..16ba7e8 100644
--- a/function/modules
+++ b/function/modules
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ local MDIRS
 local MDIR
 local DIRS
 local MODULE=$1
+# Precidence is user. current hosts, all hosts, current network, all networks, base
 DIRS=( \
 $([ $BASH_SHELL_USER ] && echo $HOME/$BASH_SHELL_USER || echo $HOME/bash/shell) \
 $BASH_SHELL_HOST/$(hostname)
@@ -66,12 +67,14 @@ for MDIR in "${MDIRS[@]}"
 
 module_load () {
 [ ! $1 ] && echo "no module specified" && return 1
+# (return 0 2>/dev/null) && echo "module_load was sourced" || echo "module_log was executed"
 local FILE
 FILE=$(module_find $1)
 [ $? -ne 0 ] && echo no module $1 found && return 1
 # source $FILE "$0"
+[[ $BASHPID -eq $$ ]] || echo $FILE
 source $FILE
-echo $FILE
+
 return 0
 }
 
diff --git a/function/ssh b/function/ssh
deleted file mode 100644
index 262178a..0000000
--- a/function/ssh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# remote start a program (with x11 forwarding will render locally if gui)
-function rrem(){
-   ssh -X -t "$1" """$2" "$3"""
-}
diff --git a/function/startup b/function/startup
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b69328
--- /dev/null
+++ b/function/startup
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+function startup_load () {
+
+local SDIRS
+local SDIR
+local DIRS
+DIRS=( \
+$BASH_SHELL_HOST/$(hostname)
+$BASH_SHELL_HOST/all \
+$BASH_SHELL_NETWORK/$NETWORKNAME \
+$BASH_SHELL_NETWORK/all \
+$BASH_SHELL_BASE \
+)
+
+[[ $1 ]] && DIRS=("$1")
+echo startup ${DIRS[@]}
+SDIRS=()
+j=0
+cnt=${#DIRS[@]}
+for ((i=0;i<cnt;i++)); do
+    DIR="${DIRS[i]}/startup"
+    [ -d $DIR ] && SDIRS[j]=$DIR && j+=1
+done
+
+# STARTUP_DIRS is array of any other startup directores where scripts may be loaded from
+[ $STARTUP_DIRS ] && SDIRS=("$STARTUP_DIRS" "${SDIRS[@]}")
+
+# echo -e "Statup Directories to source \n ${SDIRS[@]} \n"
+
+for SDIR in "${SDIRS[@]}"
+   do
+     # echo startup dir to source $SDIR
+     source_dir -p "archive" -x '"*.off" "*.md"'  -d 0 $SDIR
+  done
+}
diff --git a/setup.sh b/load.sh
similarity index 81%
rename from setup.sh
rename to load.sh
index 8b7e5c1..d9c05ec 100755
--- a/setup.sh
+++ b/load.sh
@@ -30,15 +30,16 @@ else
           fi
         fi
 
-      if [ -f  "$DIR/setup.sh" ] && [ "$DIR" != "$BASH_SHELL_BASE" ]; then
-          echo "$DIR/setup.sh" found, running instead of default processing
-       . "$DIR/setup.sh"
+      if [ -f  "$DIR/$BASH_SHELL_LOAD" ] && [ "$DIR" != "$BASH_SHELL_BASE" ]; then
+          echo "$DIR/$BASH_SHELL_LOAD" found, running instead of default processing
+       source "$DIR/$BASH_SHELL_LOAD"
        else
           # default processing
           local SUBDIRS
           local DSUBDIRS
           # default subdirectories to source
-          DSUBDIRS="env function alias misc lang app"
+          # TODO allow passing in additional directories
+          DSUBDIRS="function env alias misc lang app"
           IFS=' ' read -r -a SUBDIRS <<< "${2:-$DSUBDIRS}"
           # echo ${SUBDIRS[@]}
           for SUBDIR in "${SUBDIRS[@]}"
@@ -46,7 +47,8 @@ else
           if [ -e  "$DIR/$SUBDIR" ]; then
             # echo processing subdirectory $DIR/$SUBDIR
             # must quote all globs to avoid bash glob expansion which is likely on
-            source_dir -p "archive" -x '"*.off" "*.md"'  -d 0 $DIR/$SUBDIR
+            # TODO have default set of ignores plus check for .shell-ignore
+            source_dir -p "archive" -x '"*.off" "*.md"  "*TODO*" "LICENSE" "*.sample"'   -d 0 $DIR/$SUBDIR
            #  else
               # echo no subdirectory $DIR/$SUBDIR to process, ignorning
           fi
diff --git a/misc/00-prompt b/misc/00-prompt
index 750cdc2..8db6b86 100644
--- a/misc/00-prompt
+++ b/misc/00-prompt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ case $TERM in
     esac
 
 local UC=WHITE               # user's color
-[ $UID -eq "0" ] && UC=RED   # root's color
+[ $UID -eq "0" ] && UC=LIGHT_RED   # root's color
 
 # PS1="$PARENTBASE\[${UC}\]\u@\h: \[${COLOR_LIGHT_GREEN}\]→\[${COLOR_NC}\] "
 
@@ -50,5 +50,5 @@ PS1=$(echo "$user$machine$dir$branch$promptc")
 # echo $PS1
 }
 
-# fancy prompt is on by default comment out to disable default 
+# fancy prompt is on by default comment out to disable default
 fancy_prompt
diff --git a/modules/bind-mount/bind-mount.sh b/modules/bind-mount/bind-mount.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index ad163fe..0000000
--- a/modules/bind-mount/bind-mount.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# must have fuser and bindfs installed
-function bmount () {
-  if [ "$1" == "-mp" ]; then
-    MOUNTED=$(mountpoint "$2" | grep not)
-      if [ -z "$MOUNTED" ]; then
-       echo $2 is a mount point so bind mounting $2/$3 to $4
-      notify-send "bind mounting ${2}/${3} to ${4}" --icon=dialog-information -t 2000
-       bindfs "$2/$3" "$4"
-      else
-        notify-send "${2} not a mount point - Unable to bind mount ${2}/${3} to ${4}" --icon=dialog-error -t 2000
-      fi
-  else
-    echo bind mounting  $1 to $2
-    notify-send "bind mounting ${1} to ${2}" --icon=dialog-information -t 2000
-    bindfs "$1" "$2"
-  fi
-}
-
-bumount () {
-  echo "removing bind mount at $1"
-  notify-send "removing bind mount at ${1}" --icon=dialog-information -t 2000
-  fusermount -u "$1"
-}
diff --git a/modules/sshfs/sshfs.sh b/modules/sshfs/sshfs.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 38245d2..0000000
--- a/modules/sshfs/sshfs.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# depends on sshfs  fuse for ssh
-function smount(){
-MOUNTED=$(mountpoint "$2" | grep not)
-if [ -z "$MOUNTED" ]; then
-  echo "remote $1 already mounted at $2, aborting mount"
-else
-  echo "mounting $1 at $2 via ssh"
- sshfs $1 $2 $3 $4 -o default_permissions
-fi
-}
-
-function usmount(){
-MOUNTED=$(mountpoint $1 | grep not)
-if [ -z "$MOUNTED" ]; then
-  echo "unmounting remote file system at $1"
-  fusermount -u $1
-else
-  echo "nothing mounted at $1, aborting unmount"
-fi
-}
-
-DIR="${BASH_SOURCE%/*}"
-if [[ ! -d "$DIR" ]]; then DIR="$PWD"; fi
-
-for f in $DIR/*; do
-if [ ${f: -4} != ".off" ] && [ $(basename $f) != "sshfs.sh" ] && [ ! -d "$f" ] ; then
-#  echo 'loading mount functions for '$f
-. $f
-fi
-done
diff --git a/modules/usage b/modules/usage
deleted file mode 100644
index b69d567..0000000
--- a/modules/usage
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-BASH_MODULES="${BASH_MODULES:-/opt/bash/modules}"
-. $BASH_MODULES/load-modules.sh
-MODULES=(logit)
-load-modules $MODULES
-
-logit v
diff --git a/modules/utility/machine.sh b/modules/utility/machine.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 013829b..0000000
--- a/modules/utility/machine.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-function get_platform () {
-
- local OS
- local ARCH
- local PLATFORM
-
-  OS="$(uname -s)"
-  ARCH="$(uname -m)"
-
-  case $OS in
-      "Linux")
-          case $ARCH in
-          "x86_64")
-              ARCH=amd64
-              ;;
-          "aarch64")
-              ARCH=arm64
-              ;;
-          "armv6")
-              ARCH=armv6l
-              ;;
-          "armv8")
-              ARCH=arm64
-              ;;
-          .*386.*)
-              ARCH=386
-              ;;
-          esac
-          PLATFORM="linux-$ARCH"
-      ;;
-      "Darwin")
-          PLATFORM="darwin-amd64"
-      ;;
-  esac
-
-  echo $PLATFORM
-
-}
diff --git a/modules/utility/mvlnbk.sh b/modules/utility/mvlnbk.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c718320
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/utility/mvlnbk.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# moves a directory and then links it back
+# good for moving directories from one partition to another but without changing any settings
+
+SCRIPT_NAME='mvln'
+USAGE_STRING='usage: '$SCRIPT_NAME' <source_path> <destination_dir_path>'
+
+# 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%/}"
diff --git a/modules/utility/path.sh b/modules/utility/path.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69cc9d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/utility/path.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+function abs-path {
+    local target="$1"
+    if [ "$target" == "." ]; then
+        echo "$(pwd)"
+    elif [ "$target" == ".." ]; then
+        echo "$(dirname "$(pwd)")"
+    else
+        echo "$(cd "$(dirname "$1")"; pwd)/$(basename "$1")"
+    fi
+}
diff --git a/setup/.bash_profile b/setup/.bash_profile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db35425
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup/.bash_profile
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# uncomment for debuggin
+echo ".bash_profile sourced at user $USER login"
+
+[[ -f "$HOME/.bashrc" ]] && source "$HOME/.bashrc"
+[[ $- == *i* ]] || statup_load $HOME/$BASH_SHELL_USER
diff --git a/setup/.bashrc b/setup/.bashrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d062c82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup/.bashrc
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+echo "$USER .bashrc"
+
+# processing user's shell directory
+[[ $BASH_SHELL_BASE_SOURCED = true ]] && \
+BASH_SHELL_USER=${BASH_SHELL_USER:-"bash/shell"} && \
+shell_process_directory "$HOME/$BASH_SHELL_USER"
diff --git a/setup/02-root.sh b/setup/02-root.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65ca4a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup/02-root.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# root login setup only, put in if block
+if [ $EUID -eq 0 ] ; then # if root user
+        echo root specific setup
+        export PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin
+        unset HISTFILE
+fi
diff --git a/setup/03-bash.sh b/setup/03-bash.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f8bec6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup/03-bash.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# source bash.bashrc for both login and non login shells
+# note: bash.bashrc sources the base shell repo
+echo in profile.d/bash.sh
+  if [ "${SHELL-}" ] && [ "$SHELL" != "/bin/sh" ] && [ -f /etc/bash.bashrc ];  then
+    # uncomment for debugging
+    echo sourcing bash.bashrc now from /etc/profile.d/bash.sh
+    source /etc/bash.bashrc
+    [ $EUID -ne 0 ] && startup_load  # if not root source this
+  else # set up basic stuff (e.g a prompt) if not able to source bash.bashrc
+    echo Unable to source bash.bashrc, Setting up red prompt for root and a green one for users.
+    NORMAL="\[\e[0m\]"
+    RED="\[\e[1;31m\]"
+    GREEN="\[\e[1;32m\]"
+    if [[ $EUID == 0 ]] ; then
+      PS1="$RED\u [ $NORMAL\w$RED ]# $NORMAL"
+    else
+      PS1="$GREEN\u [ $NORMAL\w$GREEN ]\$ $NORMAL"
+    fi
+    unset RED GREEN NORMAL
+fi
diff --git a/setup/bash.bashrc b/setup/bash.bashrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0422303
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup/bash.bashrc
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# uncomment these for debugging.
+echo sourcing system wide bash.bashrc
+[ $EUID -eq 0 ] && echo 'Root User' || echo 'Non Root User'
+[[ $- == *i* ]] && echo 'Interactive' || echo 'Not interactive'
+shopt -q login_shell && echo 'Login shell' || echo 'Not login shell'
+
+# Using base shell setup repository
+# https://git.kebler.net/kebler.net/bash-shell-base.git
+export BASH_SHELL_LOAD=load.sh # script to run that loads in base shell repo
+# use these two if you want a common directory for all shell repos
+export BASH_SHELL=/opt/bash/shell  # set this based on where you cloned the base repo
+export BASH_SHELL_BASE=$BASH_SHELL/base
+# otherwise uncomment
+# export BASH_SHELL_BASE=/opt/shell/base # set this based on where you cloned the base repo
+# if uncommented next line sets up implicit sourcing for non-interactive shells
+export BASH_ENV=$BASH_SHELL_BASE/$BASH_SHELL_LOAD # use base repo
+# this gets the ball rolling my loading the base shell
+source $BASH_SHELL_BASE/$BASH_SHELL_LOAD
+
+# if not using implicit sourcing for non-interactive shells then on can do this per script likely
+##################
+# source $BASH_SHELL_BASE/load.sh
+# shopt -s expand_aliases
+# < your script code >
+# shopt -u expand_aliases
+####################
diff --git a/setup/profile b/setup/profile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..796051b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup/profile
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# main /etc/profile loaded for all logins
+# more info see http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/postlfs/profile.html
+
+
+# Set the initial path
+export PATH=/bin:/usr/bin
+# uncomment for debugging
+echo system profile /etc/profile sourced at login
+
+# put no script code directly here.
+# organize all script code in files /etc/profile.d
+# sourcing
+if [[ $- == *i* ]] && [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
+  echo non root interactive login shell, will not source /etc/profile.d
+  if [[ $FORCE_LOAD_BASH_SHELL_BASE ]]; then
+   echo "forcing source of shell base: $BASH_SHELL_BASE/$BASH_SHELL_LOAD"
+   source "$BASH_SHELL_BASE/$BASH_SHELL_LOAD"
+ else
+   BASH_SHELL_BASE_SOURCED=false
+   NORMAL="\[\e[0m\]"
+   RED="\[\e[1;31m\]"
+   GREEN="\[\e[1;32m\]"
+   PS1="$GREEN\u [ $NORMAL\w$GREEN ]\$ $NORMAL"
+   unset RED GREEN NORMAL
+ fi
+else
+  echo sourcing  /etc/profile.d
+  if [ -d /etc/profile.d ]; then
+    for i in /etc/profile.d/*.sh; do
+      if [ -r $i ]; then
+        source $i
+      fi
+    done
+    unset i
+  fi
+fi
diff --git a/source-dir.func b/source-dir.func
index 265ae83..06f73b3 100644
--- a/source-dir.func
+++ b/source-dir.func
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ fi
 local FIND
 FIND="find $DIR"
 FIND+=$([ ! $DEPTH == 0 ] && echo " -maxdepth $DEPTH ")
+# ignore all .name and .path by default
+# TODO change to having a string 
 FIND+=" -type f ! -path \"*/.*/*\" ! -name \".*\" "