diff --git a/src/lib66/exec/ssexec_tree_wrapper.c b/src/lib66/exec/ssexec_tree_wrapper.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e0f80ec56cd24aed0821466f899964d15792639e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib66/exec/ssexec_tree_wrapper.c
@@ -0,0 +1,219 @@
+/*
+ * ssexec_reload.c
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2018-2021 Eric Vidal <eric@obarun.org>
+ *
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This file is part of Obarun. It is subject to the license terms in
+ * the LICENSE file found in the top-level directory of this
+ * distribution.
+ * This file may not be copied, modified, propagated, or distributed
+ * except according to the terms contained in the LICENSE file./
+ */
+
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <oblibs/log.h>
+
+#include <skalibs/sgetopt.h>
+
+#include <66/ssexec.h>
+#include <66/config.h>
+
+int ssexec_tree_wrapper(int argc, char const *const *argv, ssexec_t *info)
+{
+    log_flow() ;
+
+    if (!argv[1]) {
+        PROG = "tree" ;
+        log_usage(usage_tree) ;
+    }
+
+    int r, n = 0, i = 0 ;
+    uint8_t ctl = 0 ;
+    ssexec_func_t_ref func = 0 ;
+    char const *nargv[argc + 1] ;
+
+    if (!strcmp(argv[1], "create")) {
+
+        nargv[n++] = PROG ;
+
+        info->prog = PROG ;
+        info->help = help_tree ;
+        info->usage = usage_tree ;
+        func = &ssexec_tree ;
+
+        argc-- ;
+        argv++ ;
+
+    } else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "admin")) {
+
+        nargv[n++] = PROG ;
+
+        info->prog = PROG ;
+        info->help = help_tree ;
+        info->usage = usage_tree ;
+        func = &ssexec_tree ;
+
+        argc-- ;
+        argv++ ;
+
+    } else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "remove")) {
+
+        nargv[n++] = PROG ;
+        nargv[n++] = "-R" ;
+
+        info->prog = PROG ;
+        info->help = help_tree ;
+        info->usage = usage_tree ;
+        func = &ssexec_tree ;
+
+        argc-- ;
+        argv++ ;
+
+    } else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "enable")) {
+
+        nargv[n++] = PROG ;
+        nargv[n++] = "-E" ;
+
+        info->prog = PROG ;
+        info->help = help_tree ;
+        info->usage = usage_tree ;
+        func = &ssexec_tree ;
+
+        argc-- ;
+        argv++ ;
+
+    } else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "disable")) {
+
+        nargv[n++] = PROG ;
+        nargv[n++] = "-D" ;
+
+        info->prog = PROG ;
+        info->help = help_tree ;
+        info->usage = usage_tree ;
+
+        func = &ssexec_tree ;
+
+        argc-- ;
+        argv++ ;
+
+    } else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "current")) {
+
+        nargv[n++] = PROG ;
+        nargv[n++] = "-c" ;
+
+        info->prog = PROG ;
+        info->help = help_tree ;
+        info->usage = usage_tree ;
+
+        func = &ssexec_tree ;
+
+        argc-- ;
+        argv++ ;
+
+    } else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "up")) {
+
+        info->prog = PROG ;
+        info->help = help_treectl ;
+        info->usage = usage_treectl ;
+        func = &ssexec_treectl ;
+        ctl++ ;
+
+    } else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "down")) {
+
+        info->prog = PROG ;
+        info->help = help_treectl ;
+        info->usage = usage_treectl ;
+        func = &ssexec_treectl ;
+        ctl++ ;
+
+    } else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "unsupervise")) {
+
+        info->prog = PROG ;
+        info->help = help_treectl ;
+        info->usage = usage_treectl ;
+        func = &ssexec_treectl ;
+        ctl++ ;
+
+    } else {
+
+        log_usage(usage_tree) ;
+    }
+
+    {
+        subgetopt l = SUBGETOPT_ZERO ;
+
+        int f = 0 ;
+        for (;;) {
+
+            int opt = subgetopt_r(argc, argv, "", &l) ;
+            if (opt == -1) break ;
+
+            for (i = 0 ; i < n ; i++) {
+
+                if (!argv[l.ind])
+                    log_usage(info->usage) ;
+
+                if (l.arg) {
+
+                    if (!strcmp(nargv[i],argv[l.ind - 2]) || !strcmp(nargv[i],l.arg))
+                        f = 1 ;
+
+                } else {
+
+                    if (!strcmp(nargv[i],argv[l.ind]))
+                        f = 1 ;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (!f) {
+
+                if (l.arg) {
+                    // distinction between e.g -enano and -e nano
+                    if (argv[l.ind - 1][0] != '-')
+                        nargv[n++] = argv[l.ind - 2] ;
+
+                    nargv[n++] = argv[l.ind - 1] ;
+
+                } else {
+
+                    nargv[n++] = argv[l.ind] ;
+                }
+            }
+            f = 0 ;
+        }
+        argc -= l.ind ; argv += l.ind ;
+    }
+
+    for (i = 0 ; i < argc ; i++ , argv++)
+        nargv[n++] = *argv ;
+
+    nargv[n] = 0 ;
+
+    if (ctl) {
+        /* swap the command and options e.g.
+         * down -f <treename> <-> -f down <treename> */
+        if (n > 2) {
+            /* swap the command and options e.g.
+             * down -f <-> -f down */
+            nargv[n] = nargv[n-1] ;
+            nargv[n-1] = nargv[0] ;
+            nargv[++n] = 0 ;
+
+        } else if (nargv[n-1][0] == '-') {
+            nargv[n++] = nargv[0] ;
+            nargv[n] = 0 ;
+        } else {
+            nargv[n] = nargv[n-1] ;
+            nargv[n-1] = nargv[0] ;
+            nargv[++n] = 0 ;
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    r = (*func)(n, nargv, info) ;
+
+    return r ;
+}
diff --git a/src/lib66/exec/ssexec_treectl.c b/src/lib66/exec/ssexec_treectl.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..12ca53fd124ee3c410c828c5c6a402790100ba48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib66/exec/ssexec_treectl.c
@@ -0,0 +1,1015 @@
+/*
+ * ssexec_treectl.c
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2018-2021 Eric Vidal <eric@obarun.org>
+ *
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This file is part of Obarun. It is subject to the license terms in
+ * the LICENSE file found in the top-level directory of this
+ * distribution.
+ * This file may not be copied, modified, propagated, or distributed
+ * except according to the terms contained in the LICENSE file./
+ */
+
+#include <sys/stat.h>//S_IFREG,umask
+#include <sys/types.h>//pid_t
+#include <fcntl.h>//O_RDWR
+#include <unistd.h>//dup2,setsid,chdir,fork
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <stdint.h>//uint8_t
+#include <stdlib.h>//realpath
+#include <string.h>//strdup
+
+#include <oblibs/string.h>
+#include <oblibs/types.h>
+#include <oblibs/log.h>
+#include <oblibs/sastr.h>
+#include <oblibs/obgetopt.h>
+#include <oblibs/files.h>
+#include <oblibs/graph.h>
+#include <oblibs/directory.h>
+
+#include <skalibs/types.h>
+#include <skalibs/stralloc.h>
+#include <skalibs/djbunix.h>
+#include <skalibs/posixplz.h>
+#include <skalibs/tai.h>
+#include <skalibs/selfpipe.h>
+#include <skalibs/sig.h>
+#include <skalibs/iopause.h>
+
+#include <66/ssexec.h>
+#include <66/constants.h>
+#include <66/tree.h>
+#include <66/svc.h>//scandir_ok
+#include <66/utils.h>
+#include <66/graph.h>
+
+#include <s6/ftrigr.h>
+#include <s6/ftrigw.h>
+
+#define FLAGS_STARTING 1 // 1 starting not really up
+#define FLAGS_STOPPING (1 << 1) // 2 stopping not really down
+#define FLAGS_UP (1 << 2) // 4 really up
+#define FLAGS_DOWN (1 << 3) // 8 really down
+#define FLAGS_BLOCK (1 << 4) // 16 all deps are not up/down
+#define FLAGS_UNBLOCK (1 << 5) // 32 all deps up/down
+#define FLAGS_FATAL (1 << 6) // 64 process crashed
+
+static unsigned int napid = 0 ;
+static unsigned int npid = 0 ;
+
+static resolve_tree_t_ref pares = 0 ;
+static unsigned int *pareslen = 0 ;
+static uint8_t reloadmsg = 0 ;
+
+typedef struct pidtree_s pidtree_t, *pidtree_t_ref ;
+struct pidtree_s
+{
+    int pipe[2] ;
+    pid_t pid ;
+    int aresid ; // id at array ares
+    unsigned int vertex ; // id at graph_hash_t struct
+    uint8_t state ;
+    int nedge ;
+    unsigned int edge[SS_MAX_SERVICE + 1] ; // array of id at graph_hash_t struct
+    int nnotif ;
+    /** id at graph_hash_t struct of depends/requiredby service
+     * to notify when a tree is started/stopped */
+    unsigned int notif[SS_MAX_SERVICE + 1] ;
+} ;
+#define PIDTREE_ZERO { { -1, -1 }, -1, -1, 0, 0, 0, { 0 } }
+
+typedef enum fifo_e fifo_t, *fifo_t_ref ;
+enum fifo_e
+{
+    FIFO_u = 0,
+    FIFO_U,
+    FIFO_d,
+    FIFO_D,
+    FIFO_F,
+    FIFO_b,
+    FIFO_B
+} ;
+
+typedef enum tree_action_e tree_action_t, *tree_action_t_ref ;
+enum tree_action_e
+{
+    TREE_ACTION_GOTIT = 0,
+    TREE_ACTION_WAIT,
+    TREE_ACTION_FATAL,
+    TREE_ACTION_UNKNOWN
+} ;
+
+static const unsigned char actions[2][7] = {
+    // u U d D F b B
+    { TREE_ACTION_WAIT, TREE_ACTION_GOTIT, TREE_ACTION_UNKNOWN, TREE_ACTION_UNKNOWN, TREE_ACTION_FATAL, TREE_ACTION_WAIT, TREE_ACTION_WAIT }, // !what -> up
+    { TREE_ACTION_UNKNOWN, TREE_ACTION_UNKNOWN, TREE_ACTION_WAIT, TREE_ACTION_GOTIT, TREE_ACTION_FATAL, TREE_ACTION_WAIT, TREE_ACTION_WAIT } // what -> down
+
+} ;
+
+//  convert signal into enum number
+static const unsigned int char2enum[128] =
+{
+    0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 , //8
+    0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 , //16
+    0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 , //24
+    0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 , //32
+    0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 , //40
+    0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 , //48
+    0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 , //56
+    0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 , //64
+    0 ,  0 ,  FIFO_B ,  0 ,  FIFO_D ,  0 ,  FIFO_F ,  0 , //72
+    0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 , //80
+    0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  FIFO_U,   0 ,  0 , //88
+    0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 , //96
+    0 ,  0 ,  FIFO_b ,  0 ,  FIFO_d ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 , //104
+    0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 , //112
+    0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  FIFO_u ,  0 ,  0 , //120
+    0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0 ,  0   //128
+} ;
+
+static inline unsigned int lookup (char const *const *table, char const *signal)
+{
+    log_flow() ;
+
+    unsigned int i = 0 ;
+    for (; table[i] ; i++) if (!strcmp(signal, table[i])) break ;
+    return i ;
+}
+
+static inline unsigned int parse_signal (char const *signal)
+{
+    log_flow() ;
+
+    static char const *const signal_table[] = {
+        "up",
+        "down",
+        "unsupervise",
+        0
+    } ;
+    unsigned int i = lookup(signal_table, signal) ;
+    if (!signal_table[i]) log_usage(usage_treectl) ;
+    return i ;
+}
+
+static void all_redir_fd(void)
+{
+    log_flow() ;
+
+    int fd ;
+    while((fd = open("/dev/tty",O_RDWR|O_NOCTTY)) >= 0) {
+
+        if (fd >= 3)
+            break ;
+    }
+
+    dup2 (fd,0) ;
+    dup2 (fd,1) ;
+    dup2 (fd,2) ;
+    fd_close(fd) ;
+
+    if (setsid() < 0)
+        log_dieusys(LOG_EXIT_SYS,"setsid") ;
+
+    if ((chdir("/")) < 0)
+        log_dieusys(LOG_EXIT_SYS,"chdir") ;
+
+    ioctl(0,TIOCSCTTY,1) ;
+
+    umask(022) ;
+}
+
+void tree_resolve_array_free(resolve_tree_t *ares, unsigned int areslen)
+{
+
+    unsigned int pos = 0 ;
+    for (; pos < areslen ; pos++)
+        stralloc_free(&ares[pos].sa) ;
+}
+
+static inline void kill_all(pidtree_t *apidt)
+{
+    log_flow() ;
+
+    unsigned int j = napid ;
+    while (j--) kill(apidt[j].pid, SIGKILL) ;
+}
+
+static pidtree_t pidtree_init(unsigned int len)
+{
+    log_flow() ;
+
+    pidtree_t pids = PIDTREE_ZERO ;
+
+    if (len > SS_MAX_SERVICE)
+        log_die(LOG_EXIT_SYS, "too many trees") ;
+
+    graph_array_init_single(pids.edge, len) ;
+
+    return pids ;
+}
+
+
+static int pidtree_get_id(pidtree_t *apidt, unsigned int id)
+{
+    log_flow() ;
+
+    unsigned int pos = 0 ;
+
+    for (; pos < napid ; pos++) {
+        if (apidt[pos].vertex == id)
+            return (unsigned int) pos ;
+    }
+    return -1 ;
+}
+
+
+static void notify(pidtree_t *apidt, unsigned int pos, char const *sig, unsigned int what)
+{
+    log_flow() ;
+
+    unsigned int i = 0, idx = 0 ;
+    char fmt[UINT_FMT] ;
+    uint8_t flag = what ? FLAGS_DOWN : FLAGS_UP ;
+
+    for (; i < apidt[pos].nnotif ; i++) {
+
+        for (idx = 0 ; idx < napid ; idx++) {
+
+            if (apidt[pos].notif[i] == apidt[idx].vertex && !FLAGS_ISSET(apidt[idx].state, flag))  {
+
+                size_t nlen = uint_fmt(fmt, apidt[pos].aresid) ;
+                fmt[nlen] = 0 ;
+                size_t len = nlen + 1 + 2 ;
+                char s[len + 1] ;
+                auto_strings(s, fmt, ":", sig, "@") ;
+
+                log_trace("sends notification ", sig, " to: ", pares[apidt[idx].aresid].sa.s + pares[apidt[idx].aresid].name, " from: ", pares[apidt[pos].aresid].sa.s + pares[apidt[pos].aresid].name) ;
+
+                if (write(apidt[idx].pipe[1], s, strlen(s)) < 0)
+                    log_dieusys(LOG_EXIT_SYS, "send notif to: ", pares[apidt[idx].aresid].sa.s + pares[apidt[idx].aresid].name) ;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * @what: up or down
+ * @success: 0 fail, 1 win
+ * */
+static void announce(unsigned int pos, pidtree_t *apidt, char const *base, unsigned int what, unsigned int success, unsigned int exitcode)
+{
+    log_flow() ;
+
+    char fmt[UINT_FMT] ;
+    char const *treename = pares[apidt[pos].aresid].sa.s + pares[apidt[pos].aresid].name ;
+
+    resolve_tree_t tres = RESOLVE_TREE_ZERO ;
+    resolve_wrapper_t_ref wres = resolve_set_struct(DATA_TREE, &tres) ;
+
+    uint8_t flag = what ? FLAGS_DOWN : FLAGS_UP ;
+
+    if (!what || what == 2)
+        if (!resolve_modify_field_g(wres, base, treename, E_RESOLVE_TREE_INIT, what ? (success ? "1" : "0") : (success ? "0" : "1")))
+            log_dieusys(LOG_EXIT_SYS, "modify resolve file of: ", treename) ;
+
+    if (success) {
+
+        notify(apidt, pos, "F", what) ;
+
+        fmt[uint_fmt(fmt, exitcode)] = 0 ;
+
+        log_1_warnu(reloadmsg == 0 ? "start" : reloadmsg > 1 ? "unsupervise" : what == 0 ? "start" : "stop", " tree: ", treename, " -- exited with signal: ", fmt) ;
+
+        FLAGS_SET(apidt[pos].state, FLAGS_BLOCK|FLAGS_FATAL) ;
+
+    } else {
+
+        notify(apidt, pos, what ? "D" : "U", what) ;
+
+        FLAGS_CLEAR(apidt[pos].state, FLAGS_BLOCK) ;
+        FLAGS_SET(apidt[pos].state, flag|FLAGS_UNBLOCK) ;
+
+        log_info("Successfully ", reloadmsg == 0 ? "started" : reloadmsg > 1 ? "unsupervised" : what == 0 ? "started" : "stopped", " tree: ", treename) ;
+    }
+
+    resolve_free(wres) ;
+}
+
+static void pidtree_init_array(unsigned int *list, unsigned int listlen, pidtree_t *apidt, graph_t *g, resolve_tree_t *ares, unsigned int areslen, ssexec_t *info, uint8_t requiredby)
+{
+    log_flow() ;
+
+    int r = 0 ;
+    unsigned int pos = 0 ;
+
+    for (; pos < listlen ; pos++) {
+
+        pidtree_t pids = pidtree_init(g->mlen) ;
+
+        char *name = g->data.s + genalloc_s(graph_hash_t,&g->hash)[list[pos]].vertex ;
+
+        pids.aresid = tree_resolve_array_search(ares, areslen, name) ;
+
+        if (pids.aresid < 0)
+            log_dieu(LOG_EXIT_SYS,"find ares id of: ", name, " -- please make a bug report") ;
+
+        pids.nedge = graph_matrix_get_edge_g_sorted_list(pids.edge, g, name, requiredby, 1) ;
+
+        if (pids.nedge < 0)
+            log_dieu(LOG_EXIT_SYS,"get sorted ", requiredby ? "required by" : "dependency", " list of tree: ", name) ;
+
+        pids.nnotif = graph_matrix_get_edge_g_sorted_list(pids.notif, g, name, !requiredby, 1) ;
+
+        if (pids.nnotif < 0)
+            log_dieu(LOG_EXIT_SYS,"get sorted ", !requiredby ? "required by" : "dependency", " list of tree: ", name) ;
+
+        pids.vertex = graph_hash_vertex_get_id(g, name) ;
+
+        if (pids.vertex < 0)
+            log_dieu(LOG_EXIT_SYS, "get vertex id -- please make a bug report") ;
+
+        r = tree_isinitialized(info->base.s, name) ;
+
+        if (r < 0)
+            log_dieu(LOG_EXIT_SYS, "read resolve file of tree: ", name) ;
+
+        if (r)
+            FLAGS_SET(pids.state, FLAGS_UP) ;
+        else
+            FLAGS_SET(pids.state, FLAGS_DOWN) ;
+
+        apidt[pos] = pids ;
+    }
+}
+
+static int handle_signal(pidtree_t *apidt, unsigned int what, graph_t *graph, ssexec_t *info)
+{
+    log_flow() ;
+
+    int ok = 0 ;
+
+    for (;;) {
+
+        int s = selfpipe_read() ;
+        switch (s) {
+
+            case -1 : log_dieusys(LOG_EXIT_SYS,"selfpipe_read") ;
+            case 0 : return ok ;
+            case SIGCHLD :
+
+                for (;;) {
+
+                    unsigned int pos = 0 ;
+                    int wstat ;
+                    pid_t r = wait_nohang(&wstat) ;
+
+                    if (r < 0) {
+
+                        if (errno = ECHILD)
+                            break ;
+                        else
+                            log_dieusys(LOG_EXIT_SYS,"wait for children") ;
+
+                    } else if (!r) break ;
+
+                    for (; pos < napid ; pos++)
+                        if (apidt[pos].pid == r)
+                            break ;
+
+                    if (pos < napid) {
+
+                        if (!WIFSIGNALED(wstat) && !WEXITSTATUS(wstat)) {
+
+                            announce(pos, apidt, info->base.s, what, 0, 0) ;
+
+                        } else {
+
+                            ok = WIFSIGNALED(wstat) ? WTERMSIG(wstat) : WEXITSTATUS(wstat) ;
+                            announce(pos, apidt, info->base.s, what, 1, ok) ;
+
+                            kill_all(apidt) ;
+                            break ;
+                        }
+
+                        npid-- ;
+                    }
+                }
+                break ;
+            case SIGTERM :
+            case SIGKILL :
+            case SIGINT :
+                    log_1_warn("received SIGINT, aborting transaction") ;
+                    kill_all(apidt) ;
+                    ok = 111 ;
+                    break ;
+            default : log_die(LOG_EXIT_SYS, "unexpected data in selfpipe") ;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return ok ;
+}
+
+/** this following function come from:
+ * https://git.skarnet.org/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/s6-rc/tree/src/s6-rc/s6-rc.c#n111
+ * under license ISC where parameters was modified */
+static uint32_t compute_timeout (uint32_t timeout, tain *deadline)
+{
+  uint32_t t = timeout ;
+  int globalt ;
+  tain globaltto ;
+  tain_sub(&globaltto, deadline, &STAMP) ;
+  globalt = tain_to_millisecs(&globaltto) ;
+  if (!globalt) globalt = 1 ;
+  if (globalt > 0 && (!t || (unsigned int)globalt < t))
+    t = (uint32_t)globalt ;
+  return t ;
+}
+
+static int ssexec_callback(stralloc *sa, ssexec_t *info, unsigned int what)
+{
+    size_t pos = 0, len = sastr_len(sa), e = 1 ;
+
+    int n = what == 2 ? 2 : 1 ;
+    int nargc = n + len ;
+    char const *prog = PROG ;
+    char const *newargv[nargc] ;
+    unsigned int m = 0 ;
+
+    newargv[m++] = "treectl" ;
+    if (what == 2)
+        newargv[m++] = "-u" ;
+
+    FOREACH_SASTR(sa, pos)
+        newargv[m++] = sa->s + pos ;
+
+    newargv[m] = 0 ;
+
+    if (!what) {
+
+        PROG = "start" ;
+        e = ssexec_start(nargc, newargv, info) ;
+        PROG = prog ;
+
+    } else {
+
+        PROG = "stop" ;
+        e = ssexec_stop(nargc, newargv, info) ;
+        PROG = prog ;
+    }
+
+    return e ;
+}
+
+static int doit(char const *treename, ssexec_t *sinfo, unsigned int what, tain *deadline)
+{
+    log_flow() ;
+
+    int r, e = 1 ;
+    ssexec_t info = SSEXEC_ZERO ;
+
+    ssexec_copy(&info, sinfo) ;
+
+    {
+        info.treename.len = 0 ;
+
+        if (!auto_stra(&info.treename, treename))
+            log_die_nomem("stralloc") ;
+
+        info.tree.len = 0 ;
+
+        r = tree_sethome(&info) ;
+        if (r <= 0)
+            log_warnu_return(LOG_EXIT_ZERO, "find tree: ", info.treename.s) ;
+
+        if (!tree_get_permissions(info.tree.s, info.owner))
+            log_warn_return(LOG_EXIT_ZERO, "You're not allowed to use the tree: ", info.tree.s) ;
+    }
+
+    if (!tree_isinitialized(info.base.s, info.treename.s) && !what) {
+
+        if (!what) {
+
+            int nargc = 3 ;
+            char const *prog = PROG ;
+            char const *newargv[nargc] ;
+            unsigned int m = 0 ;
+
+            newargv[m++] = "all (child)" ;
+            newargv[m++] = info.treename.s ;
+            newargv[m++] = 0 ;
+
+            PROG = "init" ;
+            if (ssexec_init(nargc, newargv, &info))
+                log_warnu_return(LOG_EXIT_ZERO, "initiate services of tree: ", info.treename.s) ;
+            PROG = prog ;
+
+        } else {
+
+            log_warn ("uninitialized tree: ", info.treename.s) ;
+            goto end ;
+        }
+    }
+
+    {
+        stralloc sa = STRALLOC_ZERO ;
+        char const *exclude[2] = { SS_MASTER + 1 , 0 } ;
+        size_t treelen = info.tree.len + SS_SVDIRS_LEN + SS_RESOLVE_LEN ;
+        char tree[treelen + 1] ;
+
+        auto_strings(tree, info.tree.s, SS_SVDIRS, SS_RESOLVE) ;
+
+        if (!sastr_dir_get(&sa, tree, exclude, S_IFREG))
+            log_dieu(LOG_EXIT_SYS, "get services list from tree: ", info.treename.s) ;
+
+        if (!sa.len) {
+
+            log_info("Empty tree: ", info.treename.s, " -- nothing to do") ;
+
+        } else {
+
+            int r = ssexec_callback(&sa, &info, what) ;
+            if (r)
+                goto err ;
+
+            if (what == 2)
+                log_info("Unsupervised successfully tree: ", info.treename.s) ;
+        }
+
+        stralloc_free(&sa) ;
+    }
+    end:
+        e = 0 ;
+    err:
+        ssexec_free(&info) ;
+        return e ;
+}
+
+static int check_action(pidtree_t *apidt, unsigned int pos, unsigned int receive, unsigned int what)
+{
+    unsigned int p = char2enum[receive] ;
+    unsigned char action = actions[what][p] ;
+
+    switch(action) {
+
+        case TREE_ACTION_GOTIT:
+            FLAGS_SET(apidt[pos].state, (!what ? FLAGS_UP : FLAGS_DOWN)) ;
+            return 1 ;
+
+        case TREE_ACTION_FATAL:
+            FLAGS_SET(apidt[pos].state, FLAGS_FATAL) ;
+            return -1 ;
+
+        case TREE_ACTION_WAIT:
+            return 0 ;
+
+        case TREE_ACTION_UNKNOWN:
+        default:
+            log_die(LOG_EXIT_ZERO,"invalid action -- please make a bug report") ;
+    }
+
+}
+
+static int async_deps(pidtree_t *apidt, unsigned int i, unsigned int what, ssexec_t *info, graph_t *graph, tain *deadline)
+{
+    log_flow() ;
+
+    int r ;
+    unsigned int pos = 0, id = 0, ilog = 0, idx = 0 ;
+    char buf[(UINT_FMT*2)*SS_MAX_SERVICE + 1] ;
+
+    tain dead ;
+    tain_now_set_stopwatch_g() ;
+    tain_add_g(&dead, deadline) ;
+
+    iopause_fd x = { .fd = apidt[i].pipe[0], .events = IOPAUSE_READ, 0 } ;
+
+    unsigned int n = apidt[i].nedge ;
+    unsigned int visit[n] ;
+
+    graph_array_init_single(visit, n) ;
+
+    while (pos < n) {
+
+        r = iopause_g(&x, 1, &dead) ;
+
+        if (r < 0)
+            log_dieusys(LOG_EXIT_SYS, "iopause") ;
+
+        if (!r) {
+            errno = ETIMEDOUT ;
+            log_dieusys(LOG_EXIT_SYS,"time out", pares[apidt[i].aresid].sa.s + pares[apidt[i].aresid].name) ;
+        }
+
+        if (x.revents & IOPAUSE_READ) {
+
+            memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf)) ;
+            r = read(apidt[i].pipe[0], buf, sizeof(buf)) ;
+            if (r < 0)
+                log_dieu(LOG_EXIT_SYS, "read from pipe") ;
+            buf[r] = 0 ;
+
+            idx = 0 ;
+
+            while (r != -1) {
+                /** The buf might contain multiple signal coming
+                 * from the dependencies if they finished before
+                 * the start of this read process. Check every
+                 * signal received.*/
+                r = get_len_until(buf + idx, '@') ;
+
+                if (r < 0)
+                    /* no more signal */
+                    goto next ;
+
+                char line[r + 1] ;
+                memcpy(line, buf + idx, r) ;
+                line[r] = 0 ;
+
+                idx += r + 1 ;
+
+                /**
+                 * the received string have the format:
+                 *      index_of_the_ares_array_of_the_tree_dependency:signal_receive
+                 *
+                 * typically:
+                 *      - 10:D
+                 *      - 30:u
+                 *      - ...
+                 *
+                 * Split it and check the signal receive.*/
+                int sep = get_len_until(line, ':') ;
+                if (sep < 0)
+                    log_die(LOG_EXIT_SYS, "received bad signal format -- please make a bug report") ;
+
+                unsigned int c = line[sep + 1] ;
+                char pc[2] = { c, 0 } ;
+                line[sep] = 0 ;
+
+                if (!uint0_scan(line, &id))
+                    log_dieusys(LOG_EXIT_SYS, "retrieve service number -- please make a bug report") ;
+
+                ilog = id ;
+
+                log_trace(pares[apidt[i].aresid].sa.s + pares[apidt[i].aresid].name, " acknowledges: ", pc, " from: ", pares[ilog].sa.s + pares[ilog].name) ;
+
+                if (!visit[pos]) {
+
+                    id = pidtree_get_id(apidt, id) ;
+                    if (id < 0)
+                        log_dieu(LOG_EXIT_SYS, "get apidtree id -- please make a bug report") ;
+
+                    id = check_action(apidt, id, c, what) ;
+                    if (id < 0)
+                        log_die(LOG_EXIT_SYS, "tree dependency: ", pares[ilog].sa.s + pares[ilog].name, " of: ", pares[apidt[i].aresid].sa.s + pares[apidt[i].aresid].name," crashed") ;
+
+                    if (!id)
+                        continue ;
+
+                    visit[pos++]++ ;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        next:
+
+    }
+
+    return 1 ;
+}
+
+static int async(pidtree_t *apidt, unsigned int i, unsigned int what, ssexec_t *info, graph_t *graph, tain *deadline)
+{
+    log_flow() ;
+
+    int e = 0 ;
+
+    char *name = graph->data.s + genalloc_s(graph_hash_t,&graph->hash)[apidt[i].vertex].vertex ;
+
+    log_trace("beginning of the process of: ", name) ;
+
+    if (FLAGS_ISSET(apidt[i].state, (!what ? FLAGS_DOWN : FLAGS_UP)) ||
+        /** force to pass through unsupersive process even
+         * if the tree is marked down */
+        FLAGS_ISSET(apidt[i].state, (what ? FLAGS_DOWN : FLAGS_UP)) && what == 2) {
+
+        if (!FLAGS_ISSET(apidt[i].state, FLAGS_BLOCK)) {
+
+            FLAGS_SET(apidt[i].state, FLAGS_BLOCK) ;
+
+            if (apidt[i].nedge)
+                if (!async_deps(apidt, i, what, info, graph, deadline))
+                    log_warnu_return(LOG_EXIT_ZERO, !what ? "start" : "stop", " dependencies of tree: ", name) ;
+
+            e = doit(name, info, what, deadline) ;
+
+        } else {
+
+            log_trace("skipping tree: ", name, " -- already in ", what ? "stopping" : "starting", " process") ;
+
+            notify(apidt, i, what ? "d" : "u", what) ;
+
+        }
+
+    } else {
+
+        /** do not notify here, the handle will make it for us */
+        log_trace("skipping service: ", name, " -- already ", what ? "down" : "up") ;
+
+    }
+
+    return e ;
+}
+
+static int waitit(pidtree_t *apidt, unsigned int what, graph_t *graph, tain *deadline, ssexec_t *info)
+{
+    log_flow() ;
+
+    unsigned int e = 0, pos = 0 ;
+    int r ;
+    pid_t pid ;
+    pidtree_t apidtreetable[napid] ;
+    pidtree_t_ref apidtree = apidtreetable ;
+
+    tain_now_set_stopwatch_g() ;
+    tain_add_g(deadline, deadline) ;
+
+    int spfd = selfpipe_init() ;
+
+    if (spfd < 0)
+        log_dieusys(LOG_EXIT_SYS, "selfpipe_init") ;
+
+    if (!selfpipe_trap(SIGCHLD) ||
+        !selfpipe_trap(SIGINT) ||
+        !selfpipe_trap(SIGKILL) ||
+        !selfpipe_trap(SIGTERM) ||
+        !sig_altignore(SIGPIPE))
+            log_dieusys(LOG_EXIT_SYS, "selfpipe_trap") ;
+
+
+    iopause_fd x = { .fd = spfd, .events = IOPAUSE_READ, .revents = 0 } ;
+
+    for (; pos < napid ; pos++) {
+
+        apidtree[pos] = apidt[pos] ;
+
+        if (pipe(apidtree[pos].pipe) < 0)
+            log_dieusys(LOG_EXIT_SYS, "pipe");
+
+    }
+
+        for (pos = 0 ; pos < napid ; pos++) {
+
+        pid = fork() ;
+
+        if (pid < 0)
+            log_dieusys(LOG_EXIT_SYS, "fork") ;
+
+        if (!pid) {
+
+            selfpipe_finish() ;
+
+            close(apidtree[pos].pipe[1]) ;
+
+            e = async(apidtree, pos, what, info, graph, deadline) ;
+
+            goto end ;
+        }
+
+        apidtree[pos].pid = pid ;
+
+        close(apidtree[pos].pipe[0]) ;
+
+        npid++ ;
+    }
+
+    while (npid) {
+
+        r = iopause_g(&x, 1, deadline) ;
+
+        if (r < 0)
+            log_dieusys(LOG_EXIT_SYS, "iopause") ;
+
+        if (!r) {
+            errno = ETIMEDOUT ;
+            log_diesys(LOG_EXIT_SYS,"time out") ;
+        }
+
+        if (x.revents & IOPAUSE_READ) {
+            e = handle_signal(apidtree, what, graph, info) ;
+
+            if (e)
+                break ;
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    selfpipe_finish() ;
+    end:
+        for (pos = 0 ; pos < napid ; pos++) {
+            close(apidtree[pos].pipe[1]) ;
+            close(apidtree[pos].pipe[0]) ;
+        }
+
+        return e ;
+}
+
+int ssexec_treectl(int argc, char const *const *argv, ssexec_t *info)
+{
+    log_flow() ;
+
+    int r, shut = 0, fd ;
+    tain deadline ;
+    uint8_t what = 0, requiredby = 0, found = 0 ;
+    stralloc sa = STRALLOC_ZERO ;
+    size_t pos = 0 ;
+
+    unsigned int areslen = 0, list[SS_MAX_SERVICE], visit[SS_MAX_SERVICE] ;
+    resolve_tree_t ares[SS_MAX_SERVICE] ;
+    resolve_wrapper_t_ref wres = 0 ;
+
+    graph_t graph = GRAPH_ZERO ;
+
+    {
+        subgetopt l = SUBGETOPT_ZERO ;
+
+        for (;;)
+        {
+            int opt = subgetopt_r(argc, argv, OPTS_TREECTL, &l) ;
+            if (opt == -1) break ;
+
+            switch (opt) {
+                case 'f' :  shut = 1 ; break ;
+                default :   log_usage(usage_treectl) ;
+            }
+        }
+        argc -= l.ind ; argv += l.ind ;
+    }
+
+    if (argc < 1)
+        log_usage(usage_treectl) ;
+
+    info->treename.len = 0 ;
+
+    if (argv[1]) {
+        if (!auto_stra(&info->treename, argv[1]))
+            log_die_nomem("stralloc") ;
+    }
+
+    if (info->timeout)
+        tain_from_millisecs(&deadline, info->timeout) ;
+    else
+        deadline = tain_infinite_relative ;
+
+    what = parse_signal(*argv) ;
+
+    reloadmsg = what ;
+
+    if (what)
+        requiredby = 1 ;
+
+    if ((svc_scandir_ok(info->scandir.s)) <= 0)
+        log_die(LOG_EXIT_SYS,"scandir: ", info->scandir.s," is not running") ;
+
+    graph_build_tree(&graph, info->base.s, E_RESOLVE_TREE_MASTER_ENABLED) ;
+
+    if (!graph.mlen)
+        log_die(LOG_EXIT_USER, "trees selection is not created -- creates at least one tree") ;
+
+    graph_array_init_single(visit, SS_MAX_SERVICE) ;
+
+    if (!graph_matrix_sort_tosa(&sa, &graph))
+        log_dieu(LOG_EXIT_SYS, "get list of trees for graph -- please make a bug report") ;
+
+    FOREACH_SASTR(&sa, pos) {
+
+        char *treename = sa.s + pos ;
+
+        if (tree_resolve_array_search(ares, areslen, treename) < 0) {
+
+            resolve_tree_t tres = RESOLVE_TREE_ZERO ;
+            /** need to make a copy of the resolve due of the freed
+             * of the wres struct at the end of the process */
+            resolve_tree_t cp = RESOLVE_TREE_ZERO ;
+            wres = resolve_set_struct(DATA_TREE, &tres) ;
+
+            if (!resolve_read_g(wres, info->base.s, treename))
+                log_dieu(LOG_EXIT_SYS, "read resolve file of: ", treename, " -- please make a bug report") ;
+
+            tree_resolve_copy(&cp, &tres) ;
+
+            ares[areslen++] = cp ;
+
+            resolve_free(wres) ;
+        }
+
+        /** only one tree */
+        if (info->treename.len) {
+
+            if (!strcmp(info->treename.s, treename))
+                found = 1 ;
+            else continue ;
+        }
+
+        r = tree_isinitialized(info->base.s, treename) ;
+        if (r && !what) {
+
+            log_warn("tree: ", treename," is already up") ;
+            continue ;
+
+        } else if (!r && what) {
+
+            log_warn("tree: ", treename," is already down") ;
+            continue ;
+
+        }
+
+        unsigned int l[graph.mlen], c = 0, pos = 0, idx = 0 ;
+
+        idx = graph_hash_vertex_get_id(&graph, treename) ;
+
+        if (!visit[idx]) {
+            /** avoid double entry */
+            list[napid++] = idx ;
+            visit[idx] = 1 ;
+
+        }
+
+        /** find dependencies of the tree from the graph, do it recursively */
+        c = graph_matrix_get_edge_g_sorted_list(l, &graph, treename, requiredby, 1) ;
+
+        /** append to the list to deal with */
+        for (; pos < c ; pos++) {
+            if (!visit[l[pos]]) {
+                list[napid++] = l[pos] ;
+                visit[l[pos]] = 1 ;
+            }
+        }
+        if (found)
+            break ;
+    }
+
+    pidtree_t apidt[graph.mlen] ;
+
+    pares = ares ;
+    pareslen = &areslen ;
+
+    if (!napid) {
+        log_warn("no trees -- something wrong, tree ", SS_DEFAULT_TREENAME, " should exist!") ;
+        r = 0 ;
+        goto end ;
+    }
+
+    pidtree_init_array(list, napid, apidt, &graph, ares, areslen, info, requiredby) ;
+
+    if (shut) {
+
+        pid_t pid ;
+        int wstat = 0 ;
+
+        pid = fork() ;
+
+        if (pid < 0)
+            log_dieusys(LOG_EXIT_SYS,"fork") ;
+
+        if (!pid) {
+
+            all_redir_fd() ;
+
+        } else {
+
+            if (waitpid_nointr(pid,&wstat, 0) < 0)
+                log_dieusys(LOG_EXIT_SYS,"wait for child") ;
+
+            if (wstat)
+                log_die(LOG_EXIT_SYS,"child fail") ;
+
+            r = 0 ;
+
+            goto end ;
+        }
+    }
+
+    r = waitit(apidt, what, &graph, &deadline, info) ;
+
+    end:
+
+        if (shut) {
+
+            while((fd = open("/dev/tty",O_RDWR|O_NOCTTY)) >= 0)
+                if (fd >= 3)
+                    break ;
+
+            dup2 (fd,0) ;
+            dup2 (fd,1) ;
+            dup2 (fd,2) ;
+            fd_close(fd) ;
+        }
+
+        graph_free_all(&graph) ;
+        stralloc_free(&sa) ;
+        tree_resolve_array_free(ares, areslen) ;
+
+        return r ;
+}