diff --git a/oss-internship-2020/sapi_libarchive/CMakeLists.txt b/oss-internship-2020/sapi_libarchive/CMakeLists.txt
index 2c10bfd..c9f0026 100644
--- a/oss-internship-2020/sapi_libarchive/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/oss-internship-2020/sapi_libarchive/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,18 @@ add_sapi_library(
   
   FUNCTIONS
   archive_read_new
+  archive_write_disk_new
+  archive_write_disk_set_options
+  archive_read_support_filter_bzip2
+  archive_read_support_filter_gzip
+  archive_read_support_filter_compress
+  archive_read_support_format_tar
+  archive_read_support_format_cpio
+  archive_write_disk_set_standard_lookup
+  archive_read_open_filename
+  archive_error_string
+  archive_read_next_header
+  archive_entry_pathname
   
   INPUTS libarchive/libarchive/archive.h
   LIBRARY archive
diff --git a/oss-internship-2020/sapi_libarchive/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/oss-internship-2020/sapi_libarchive/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index c8be050..5fb7670 100644
--- a/oss-internship-2020/sapi_libarchive/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/oss-internship-2020/sapi_libarchive/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,18 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+
+add_library(helpers STATIC
+    helpers.h
+    helpers.cc
+)
+
+target_link_libraries(helpers PUBLIC
+    sapi::sapi
+    sandbox2::fileops
+    sandbox2::util
+)
+
 # small example - todo delete later
 add_executable(small_example
     small_example.cc
@@ -19,6 +31,7 @@ add_executable(small_example
 
 target_link_libraries(small_example PRIVATE
     archive
+    helpers
 )
 
 add_executable(sapi_example
diff --git a/oss-internship-2020/sapi_libarchive/examples/helpers.cc b/oss-internship-2020/sapi_libarchive/examples/helpers.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea6dde8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/oss-internship-2020/sapi_libarchive/examples/helpers.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+
+#include "helpers.h"
+
+std::vector<std::string> MakeAbsolutePaths(char *argv[]) {
+    std::vector<std::string> arr;
+    sandbox2::util::CharPtrArrToVecString(argv, &arr);
+    // std::transform(arr.begin(), arr.end(), arr.begin(), [](std::string s) -> std::string {
+    //     return sandbox2::file_util::fileops::MakeAbsolute(s, sandbox2::file_util::fileops::GetCWD());
+    // });
+    auto f = std::bind(sandbox2::file_util::fileops::MakeAbsolute, std::placeholders::_1, sandbox2::file_util::fileops::GetCWD());
+    std::transform(arr.begin(), arr.end(), arr.begin(), f);
+    return arr;
+}
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diff --git a/oss-internship-2020/sapi_libarchive/examples/helpers.h b/oss-internship-2020/sapi_libarchive/examples/helpers.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b2f271d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/oss-internship-2020/sapi_libarchive/examples/helpers.h
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#ifndef SAPI_LIBARCHIVE_HELPERS_H
+#define SAPI_LIBARCHIVE_HELPERS_H
+
+#include "sandboxed_api/sandbox2/util/fileops.h"
+#include "sandboxed_api/sandbox2/util.h"
+
+
+// Used to convert the paths provided as arguments for the program
+// (the paths used) to an array of absolute paths. This allows the user
+// to use either relative or absolute paths
+std::vector<std::string> MakeAbsolutePaths(char *argv[]);
+
+#endif  // SAPI_LIBARCHIVE_HELPERS_H
diff --git a/oss-internship-2020/sapi_libarchive/examples/small_example.cc b/oss-internship-2020/sapi_libarchive/examples/small_example.cc
index 55641a5..fd90d12 100644
--- a/oss-internship-2020/sapi_libarchive/examples/small_example.cc
+++ b/oss-internship-2020/sapi_libarchive/examples/small_example.cc
@@ -2,8 +2,15 @@
 
 #include <archive.h>
 #include <archive_entry.h>
+#include "helpers.h"
 
-int main() {
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     std::cout << "WORKS" << std::endl;
+    std::vector<std::string> s = MakeAbsolutePaths(argv + 1);
+    std::cout << "ok" << std::endl;
+    for (const auto &i : s) {
+        std::cout << i << std::endl;
+    }
+    std::cout << "==========" << std::endl;
     return 0;
 }
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