Computer Tips - bash: How I can make a .tar.bzip2 in one step?

Date: 2011jul12 OS: Linux Language: bash Q. bash: How I can make a .tar.bzip2 in one step? A. Use the newish j option of tar like this:
tar cvfj MyArchive.tar.bz2 MyTree
And to extract:
tar xvfj MyArchive.tar.bz2