+pushd $parent_dir
+
+# archive feisty meow current state, but exclude the file names we never want
+# to see in the archive. the exclude vcs flag takes care of excluding
+# revision control system private dirs. first chunk of excludes is for the
+# code guide files; this should wash out the majority of those fat things.
+# next line is to exclude archives that shouldn't be in the output file.
+tar -h -cz --exclude-vcs -f $TEMPO_FILE $base_dir \
+\
+ ${XC}*8cpp_source.html ${XC}*8h__dep__incl.map ${XC}*8h__dep__incl.md5 ${XC}*8h__dep__incl.png ${XC}*8h.html \
+ ${XC}*8h__incl.png ${XC}*8h_source.html ${XC}8h__dep__incl.md5 ${XC}8cpp.js \
+\
+ ${XC}*.tar.gz ${XC}*.zip \
+
+# note: not currently excluded! cannot do these with --exclude= flag!
+#${XC}*/waste/* ${XC}*/logs/* ${XC}*/binaries/* ${XC}*/kona/bin/*