diff --git a/src/client/blender.c b/src/client/blender.c
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+/*
+  Copyright 2008 Nathan Phillip Brink, Ethan Zonca, Matt Orlando
+
+  This file is a part of DistRen.
+
+  DistRen is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+  it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+
+  DistRen is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+  GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+  along with DistRen.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+#include <stdio.h> /* sprintf, printf */
+#include <stdlib.h> /* malloc, free */
+#include <string.h> /* strlen */
+
+
+int blend()
+{
+
+  char *blendercmd;
+  char *filename = "file.blend";  /* declares a variable to hold the file name */
+  char *format = "blender.exe -b \"%s\" -o //tmp/frame -f %d -F JPEG -x 1"; /* the format string to pass to sprintf */
+  unsigned int frame_to_render;
+  size_t blenderstrlen;
+
+  int toreturn;
+
+  //just prove that linking to the shared lib werkz
+  genericfunc();
+  execlisten();
+
+  // blender =   // gets blender structure from server
+
+  /*-- blender structure--
+   * file_name
+   * frame_to_render
+   * url to dl .blend file
+   */
+
+
+  frame_to_render = 10; // temporary, the number 10 will be replaced with a function call
+
+  // file_name = job.file_name // retrieves file name from the blender structure ?
+
+  blenderstrlen = strlen(format) - 2 * 2 /* format string minus placeholders */ + strlen(filename) + intstrlen(frame_to_render) + 1 /* NULL terminator */;
+  blendercmd = malloc(blenderstrlen);
+  snprintf(blendercmd, blenderstrlen, format, filename, frame_to_render);
+  
+  fprintf(stderr, "will run ``%s''\n", blendercmd);
+
+  toreturn = system(blendercmd);
+  free(blendercmd);
+
+  return toreturn;
+}