+pushd $parent_dir
+
+# zip up feisty meow, but exclude the file names we never want to see.
+tar -h -czf $TEMPO_FILE $base_dir $XC"*/*.tar.gz" $XC"*/*.zip" $XC"*/waste/*" $XC"*/logs/*" $XC"*/binaries/*" $XC"*.git*" $XC"*/code_guide/*" $XC"*/kona/bin/*"