Tarbar a directory and move the original to the Trash. First, install these from Hamebrew: brew install trash brew install pigz

arcdir.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Archive a directory into a compressed tar file
# and prepare a text file that lists all of the files in each archive.

###
# The trash command is OS X specific ane requires a 3rd party tool - 
# brew install trash
# brew install pigz
###
if [ -d "$1" ]; then
  echo "Compressing and preparing a file listing $1..."
  #tar -jcf "${1%/}.tar.bz2" "$1" && tar -jtvf "${1%/}.tar.bz2" > "${1%/}.tar.txt" && trash "$1"
  tar --use-compress-program=pbzip2 -cf "${1%/}.tar.bz2" "$1" && tar -jtvf "${1%/}.tar.bz2" > "${1%/}.tar.txt" && trash "$1"
fi