diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6b5688
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*.o
+*~
+testjet
diff --git a/JetCore.txt b/JetCore.txt
index e6ec235..28095bd 100644
--- a/JetCore.txt
+++ b/JetCore.txt
@@ -8,3 +8,6 @@ modifications. Data contained within the tags may modify their
 containers before placing any output. The space taken by the tag
 itself is not passwed to the output and will not appear in the output.
 
+Skip Blank Lines options on containers will skip passing any blank
+lines or line containing only whitespace to the output. 
+
diff --git a/Tag.cpp b/Tag.cpp
index 974d57d..cc0fc8f 100644
--- a/Tag.cpp
+++ b/Tag.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "__if.h"
 #include "__read.h"
 #include "__set.h"
+#include "__call.h"
 #include "__jet.h"
 #include "__while.h"
 #include <iostream>
@@ -114,6 +115,9 @@ namespace jet {
 	    } else if(ifTagName(in, "set")) {
 	       __set _set(in, out, global);
 	       continue;
+	    } else if(ifTagName(in, "call")) {
+	       __call _set(in, out, global);
+	       continue;
 	    } else if(ifTagName(in, "while")) {
 	       __while _while(in, out, global);
 	       continue;
diff --git a/__call.cpp b/__call.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..622f6a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__call.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#include "__call.h"
+#include "Exception.h"
+#include "MString.h"
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+
+namespace jet {
+   
+   __call::__call(coreutils::ZString &in, coreutils::MString &out, Global &global) : Tag(in, out, global) {
+      if(hasContainer)
+	throw coreutils::Exception("call cannot have a container.");	
+      if(!variableDefined(coreutils::ZString("pgm")))
+	throw coreutils::Exception("pgm keyword must be specified.");
+      pipe[fd]; // TODO: Get these pipes to work with name and input keywords.
+      dup2(0);
+      if(pid != fork()) {
+	 argv[0] = variables["pgm"]; // TODO: Need to peel off the program name only and pass as argv[0].	   
+	 for(ix = 1; ix <= ARG_MAX; ++ix) {    
+	    coreutils::MString arg("arg");
+	    arg << ix;
+	    if(variableDefined(arg))
+	      argv[ix] = variables[arg].c_str();
+	    else
+	      break;
+	 }
+	 argv[ix] == NULL;
+	 execve(variables["pgm"].c_str(), argv, NULL);	 
+	 exit(-1);
+      }
+      waitpid(&status);
+      
+   }
+   
+}
diff --git a/__call.h b/__call.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af91741
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__call.h
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#ifndef ____call_h__
+#define ____call_h__
+
+#include "Tag.h"
+
+namespace jet {
+   
+   class __call : public Tag {
+   
+    public:
+      __call(coreutils::ZString &in, coreutils::MString &out, Global &global);
+
+    private:
+      int pid;
+      int status;
+      int ix;
+      int fd[2];
+      char *argv[25];
+      
+   };
+      
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/__comment.cpp b/__comment.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..685786b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__comment.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#include "__cpmment.h"
+#include "Exception.h"
+
+namespace jet {
+   
+   __comment::__comment(coreutils::ZString &in, coreutils::MString &out, Global &global) : Tag(in, out, global) {
+      if(!hasContainer)
+	throw coreutils::Exception("comment must have a container.");	
+      output = false;
+   }
+   
+}
diff --git a/__comment.h b/__comment.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2fe6a49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__comment.h
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#ifndef ____comment_h__
+#define ____comment_h__
+
+#include "Tag.h"
+
+namespace jet {
+   
+   class __comment : public Tag {
+   
+    public:
+      __comment(coreutils::ZString &in, coreutils::MString &out, Global &global);
+      
+   };
+      
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/__read.cpp b/__read.cpp
index 76242f6..45d9abb 100644
--- a/__read.cpp
+++ b/__read.cpp
@@ -1,17 +1,21 @@
 #include "__read.h"
 #include "Exception.h"
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
 
 namespace jet {
    
    __read::__read(coreutils::ZString &in, coreutils::MString &parent, Global &global) : Tag(in, parent, global) {
       if(!variableDefined(coreutils::ZString("file")))
 	throw coreutils::Exception("file keyword must be specified.");
-      
       if(hasContainer)
-	throw coreutils::Exception("Missing / at end of tag definition. Not a container tag.");
-
-      // process file request here.
-      
+	throw coreutils::Exception("read tag does not have a container.");
+      fd = open(variables["file"], O_RDONLY);
+      while(len = read(fd, &buffer, sizeof(buffer - 1))) {
+	 buffer[len] = 0;
+	 out << buffer;
+      }      
+      close(fd);      
    }
 
 }
diff --git a/__read.h b/__read.h
index 3bded82..7c026b8 100644
--- a/__read.h
+++ b/__read.h
@@ -9,7 +9,12 @@ namespace jet {
    
     public:
       __read(coreutils::ZString &in, coreutils::MString &parent, Global &global);
-   
+
+    private:
+      int fd;
+      int len;
+      char buffer[4096];
+      
    };
       
 }
diff --git a/gitignore b/gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index a70237a..0000000
--- a/gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-*.o
-*~