Create a .tar.bz2 file Linux
compression, linux, tar
Solution
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 *
Problem
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