diff --git a/ghostwheel.fn.sh b/ghostwheel.fn.sh
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 5d6e658..19e1b58
--- a/ghostwheel.fn.sh
+++ b/ghostwheel.fn.sh
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ function c4.i.val {
     local src=$( c4.fa_src $@ )
     if test -z "$src" -o ! -r "$src" ; then
 	# || test 0 == "$(file "$src" | grep text >2 2>&1; echo $?)"
-	echo "WARN" "C4R${C4_RUN}${C4_TR}_VAL: missing SRC" >&2 # LOG
+	echo "WARN" "C4R${C4_RUN}${C4_TR}_VAL: BAD SRC ($src)" >&2 # LOG
 	return 1;
     fi
     head -1 $src
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ function c4.i.val {
 function c4.i.vals {
     local src=$( c4.fa_src $@ )
     if test -z "$src" -o ! -r "$src" ; then
-	echo "WARN" "C4R${C4_RUN}${C4_TR}_VAL: missing SRC" >&2 # LOG
+	echo "WARN" "C4R${C4_RUN}${C4_TR}_VAL: BAD SRC ($src)" >&2 # LOG
 	return 1;
     fi
     cat $src
@@ -630,6 +630,7 @@ function c4.i.set {
 
 ##  return identity source of [[ <context1> [...]] query
 ##  where QUERY (and CONTEXT1, etc, if provided) are words
+C4_I_ID=.
 function c4.i.of {
     local context="$C4_IS";
     local query=$1; shift;
@@ -661,7 +662,7 @@ function c4.i.of {
     fi
 
     # return valid seeming identity file
-    printf '%s/.%s' "$context" "$query"
+    printf '%s/%s%s' "$context" "$C4_I_ID" "$query"
 }
 
 #  return true when given an existant identity
@@ -703,15 +704,56 @@ function c4.h.array {
 
 C4_TR='S';   ###  SPOKES
 
-C4_S_IS="${C4_S_IS-spoke}"
+C4_S_IS_SI=spoke
 ##  return true when given an existant spoke
 function c4.s.is {
-    ( C4_ROOT=$C4_SPOKES;
-      C4_IS=$C4_SPOKES;
-      c4.i.has $@ $C4_S_IS )
+    local C4_ROOT=$C4_SPOKES;
+    local C4_IS=$C4_SPOKES;
+
+    c4.i.of $@ $C4_S_IS_SI # 2>/dev/null
 }
 
-C4_S_SSHFS_CMD="ssh"
+C4_S_READY_Q=
+C4_S_READY_OK=OK
+C4_S_READY_NOTOK=
+function c4.s.ready {
+    local quiet=$C4_S_READY_Q;
+    case $1 in
+	-q) quiet=1; shift ;;
+    esac
+       
+    local f=$( c4.s.is $@ );
+
+    test -n "$f" -a -r "$f"
+    local rv=$?
+
+    if test -z "$quiet" ; then
+	if test 0 -eq "$rv" ; then
+	    echo $C4_S_READY_OK
+	else
+	    echo $C4_S_READY_NOTOK
+	fi
+    fi
+    
+    return $rv
+}
+
+C4_S_IS=spokes
+function c4.s.spokes {
+    local C4_IS=$C4_SS;
+    local C4_I_ID=
+
+    local src=$( c4.i.of $C4_S_IS $@ )
+    if test -n "$src" -a -r "$src" ; then
+	c4.i.vals $src;
+    fi
+}
+
+function c4.i.spokes {
+    c4.i.vals $( c4.i.of $C4_S_IS )
+}
+
+C4_S_SSHFS_CMD="echo sshfs"
 C4_S_SSHFS_OPT="-o allow_other"
 function c4.s.sshfs {
     if test -z "$1"; then
@@ -720,11 +762,11 @@ function c4.s.sshfs {
     fi
     if test -z "$2"; then
 	echo "WARN" "C4R${C4_RUN}S_SSHFS: missing TO (FROM \"$1\")" >&2 # LOG
-	return 1;
+	return 2;
     fi
     if test ! -d "$2"; then
 	echo "WARN" "C4R${C4_RUN}S_SSHFS: missing or non-directory TO \"$2\" (FROM \"$1\")" >&2 # LOG
-	return 1;
+	return 3;
     fi
     $C4_S_SSHFS_CMD $C4_S_SSHFS_OPT $@
 }
@@ -837,6 +879,24 @@ _c4_cmd_debug="$(c4.s.first "$_C4_CMD_DEBUG" "$C4_DEBUG")"
 #     fi
 # }
 
+C4_TR=w  # wheels-up!
+
+##  brute force all the things
+function c4.SPOKES_UP {
+    local s;
+    local i;
+    local rv=0;
+    for i in $( c4.i.spokes ) ; do
+	for s in $( c4.s.spokes $i ); do
+	    c4.s.ready -q $s $i || c4.s.sshfs $s:/$i $C4_SPOKES/$s/$i;
+	    rv=$((rv+$?))
+	done ;
+    done
+    return $rv
+}
+
+
+
 ####
 #### END
 ####