On my Linux machine I wish to create a tar bz2 file of a certain folder Once I place myself in that folder in the terminal what do I type in the terminal command line to place the compressed folder in the home directory of my machine Let s say I am in the folder home user folder In the folder folder are several files txt c etc How do I compress that folder of type tar bz2 and place it in my home directory In the home user folder I ve tried sudo tar -cvjSf folder tar bz2 but get an error tar Cowardly refusing to create an empty archive

Create a .tar.bz2 file Linux

You are not indicating what to include in the archive.

Go one level outside your folder and try:

sudo tar -cvjSf folder.tar.bz2 folder

Or from the same folder try

sudo tar -cvjSf folder.tar.bz2 *

Cheers!

~ Answered on 2014-04-23 14:14:59