#include <signal.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <errno.h>

int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    int i, cnt = 1;
    int mode=R_OK;
    char *path="/etc/passwd";

    if (argc > 1) {
    	path = argv[1];
    }
    if (argc > 2) {
	cnt = atoi(argv[2]);
	if (cnt <=0)
	    cnt = 1;
    } 
    printf("looping %d times on access(%s, %o)\n", cnt, path, mode);			
    for (i = 0; i < cnt; i++) {
        if (access(path, mode) < 0) {
            fprintf(stderr, "access(%s, %o): %s\n", path,mode,strerror(errno));
        }
    }

    exit(0);
}