# shortcut for the lengthy exclude parameter.
export XC='--exclude='
-parent_dir="$(dirname "$FEISTY_MEOW_DIR")"
-base_dir="$(basename "$FEISTY_MEOW_DIR")"
+parent_dir="$(dirname "$FEISTY_MEOW_APEX")"
+base_dir="$(basename "$FEISTY_MEOW_APEX")"
pushd $parent_dir