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/*"
+tar -h -czf $TEMPO_FILE $base_dir ${XC}*/*.tar.gz ${XC}*/*.zip ${XC}*/waste/* ${XC}*/logs/* ${XC}*/binaries/* ${XC}*.git* ${XC}*/kona/bin/* ${XC}code_guide
# now move the newest version into its resting place. this prepares the
# feisty_meow package for uploading.