#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <libtar.h>
#include <bzlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>

int main()
{
    TAR *pTar;
    char tarFilename[] = "file.tar";
    char srcDir[] = "dirToZip/";
    char extractTo[] = ".";

    tar_open(&pTar, tarFilename, NULL, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT, 0644, TAR_GNU);
    tar_append_tree(pTar, srcDir, extractTo);

    close(tar_fd(pTar));

    int tarFD = open(tarFilename, O_RDONLY);

    char tbz2Filename[] =  "file.tar.bz2";
    FILE *tbz2File = fopen(tbz2Filename, "wb");
    int bzError;
    const int BLOCK_MULTIPLIER = 7;
    BZFILE *pBz = BZ2_bzWriteOpen(&bzError, tbz2File, BLOCK_MULTIPLIER, 0, 0);

    const int BUF_SIZE = 10000;
    char* buf = new char[BUF_SIZE];
    ssize_t bytesRead;
    while((bytesRead = read(tarFD, buf, BUF_SIZE)) > 0)
    {
    BZ2_bzWrite(&bzError, pBz, buf, bytesRead);
    }
    BZ2_bzWriteClose(&bzError, pBz, 0, NULL, NULL);
    close(tarFD);
    remove(tarFilename);

    delete[] buf;

}

system("/path/to/gtar cfj tarballname.tar.bz2 dirname");