diff --git a/src/lib/sclient/agent.py b/src/lib/sclient/agent.py
index af4e4f8..a38d847 100644
--- a/src/lib/sclient/agent.py
+++ b/src/lib/sclient/agent.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import errno
 import asyncio
 import hashlib
 import io
+import pickle
 
 import functools
 
@@ -210,6 +211,45 @@ class AdvancedSftpClientAgent(BaseAgent):
 
     return (io.BytesIO(buf), dig)
 
+  def generate_tree_oversftp(self, root_path :str, treemap :list=[]):
+    '''
+      @param             root_path        string
+      generate an ordered list of entries, similar to `find ~/sharednotes_dev/ -print`
+      command
+    '''
+    if not root_path.endswith(os.path.sep):
+      root_path = root_path + os.path.sep
+
+    # a = self.agent
+    # treemap = []
+    sftpc = self.get_sftp_client()
+
+    for item in sftpc.listdir_attr(root_path):
+      # absolute_item_path = root_path + item.filename
+      # print('absolute_item_path: %s, item %s, isdir: %s' % (absolute_item_path, item.filename, stat.S_ISDIR(item.st_mode)))
+      # if stat.S_ISDIR(item.st_mode):
+      #   rtreemap[item.filename] = self.generate_tree_hash_oversftp(absolute_item_path)
+      # else:
+      #   rtreemap[item.filename] = self.generate_rfile_hash(absolute_item_path)
+      ##  exclude folder for the tree
+      if item in ['.masy']:
+        continue
+      absolute_item_path = root_path + item.filename
+      # print('absolute_item_path: %s, item %s, isdir: %s' % (absolute_item_path, item, os.path.isdir(absolute_item_path)))
+      treemap.append(absolute_item_path)
+      if not stat.S_ISDIR(item.st_mode): continue
+
+      self.generate_tree_oversftp(absolute_item_path, treemap)
+
+    return treemap
+
+  def generate_hash_tree_oversftp(self, root_path: str):
+    root_path = _path_utils.normalize_path(root_path)
+    tree = self.generate_tree_oversftp(root_path)
+    pickled = pickle.dumps(tree)
+    return hashlib.sha256(pickled).hexdigest()
+
+
   def generate_tree_hash_oversftp(self, root_path :str):
     '''
       @param             root_path        string, root_path in remote server