Index: .gitignore
===================================================================
--- .gitignore	(revision 034165a8640dca94275d38852f1ba492194b3900)
+++ .gitignore	(revision 4149d9d47a294cf1a60328fd01dae145ccc64029)
@@ -52,4 +52,6 @@
 tools/prettyprinter/pretty
 tools/pretty
+tools/catchsig
+tools/repeat
 
 # generated by xfig for user manual
Index: configure
===================================================================
--- configure	(revision 034165a8640dca94275d38852f1ba492194b3900)
+++ configure	(revision 4149d9d47a294cf1a60328fd01dae145ccc64029)
@@ -6281,5 +6281,5 @@
 
 
-ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile src/driver/Makefile src/Makefile src/benchmark/Makefile src/examples/Makefile src/tests/Makefile src/tests/preempt_longrun/Makefile src/prelude/Makefile src/libcfa/Makefile tools/prettyprinter/Makefile"
+ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile src/driver/Makefile src/Makefile src/benchmark/Makefile src/examples/Makefile src/tests/Makefile src/tests/preempt_longrun/Makefile src/prelude/Makefile src/libcfa/Makefile tools/Makefile tools/prettyprinter/Makefile"
 
 
@@ -7048,4 +7048,5 @@
     "src/prelude/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES src/prelude/Makefile" ;;
     "src/libcfa/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES src/libcfa/Makefile" ;;
+    "tools/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES tools/Makefile" ;;
     "tools/prettyprinter/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES tools/prettyprinter/Makefile" ;;
 
Index: configure.ac
===================================================================
--- configure.ac	(revision 034165a8640dca94275d38852f1ba492194b3900)
+++ configure.ac	(revision 4149d9d47a294cf1a60328fd01dae145ccc64029)
@@ -238,4 +238,5 @@
 	src/prelude/Makefile
 	src/libcfa/Makefile
+	tools/Makefile
 	tools/prettyprinter/Makefile
 	])
Index: tools/Makefile.am
===================================================================
--- tools/Makefile.am	(revision 4149d9d47a294cf1a60328fd01dae145ccc64029)
+++ tools/Makefile.am	(revision 4149d9d47a294cf1a60328fd01dae145ccc64029)
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+######################## -*- Mode: Makefile-Automake -*- ######################
+##
+## Cforall Version 1.0.0 Copyright (C) 2015 University of Waterloo
+##
+## The contents of this file are covered under the licence agreement in the
+## file "LICENCE" distributed with Cforall.
+##
+## Makefile.am --
+##
+## Author           : Peter A. Buhr
+## Created On       : Wed Jun 28 12:07:10 2017
+## Last Modified By : Peter A. Buhr
+## Last Modified On : Wed Jun 28 23:11:56 2017
+## Update Count     : 15
+###############################################################################
+
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+
+noinst_PROGRAMS = catchsig repeat
+
+catchsig_SOURCES = catchsig.c
+repeat_SOURCES   = repeat.c
Index: tools/Makefile.in
===================================================================
--- tools/Makefile.in	(revision 4149d9d47a294cf1a60328fd01dae145ccc64029)
+++ tools/Makefile.in	(revision 4149d9d47a294cf1a60328fd01dae145ccc64029)
@@ -0,0 +1,556 @@
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Index: tools/catchsig.c
===================================================================
--- tools/catchsig.c	(revision 4149d9d47a294cf1a60328fd01dae145ccc64029)
+++ tools/catchsig.c	(revision 4149d9d47a294cf1a60328fd01dae145ccc64029)
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+
+void sig_handler(int signo)
+{
+	fprintf(stderr, "received %d\n", signo);
+	exit(0);
+}
+
+void sig(int signo) {
+	if (signal(signo, sig_handler) == SIG_ERR)
+	{
+		fprintf(stderr,"Error\n");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+}
+
+int main(void)
+{
+	printf("Starting...\n");
+	sig(SIGHUP);
+      sig(SIGINT);
+      sig(SIGQUIT);
+      sig(SIGILL);
+      sig(SIGABRT);
+      sig(SIGFPE);
+      sig(SIGSEGV);
+      sig(SIGPIPE);
+      sig(SIGALRM);
+      sig(SIGTERM);
+      sig(SIGUSR1);
+      sig(SIGUSR2);
+      sig(SIGCHLD);
+      sig(SIGCONT);
+      sig(SIGTSTP);
+      sig(SIGTTIN);
+      sig(SIGTTOU);
+	while(1);
+	return 0;
+}
Index: ols/repeat
===================================================================
--- tools/repeat	(revision 034165a8640dca94275d38852f1ba492194b3900)
+++ 	(revision )
@@ -1,35 +1,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-if [ $1 == "-h" -o $1 == "--help" ]; then
-	echo "$(basename $0) [-s|-p] ITERATIONS COMMAND"
-	exit
-fi
-
-ACTION=$1
-ITERATION=$2
-shift 2
-
-_term() { 
-  echo "Caught SIGTERM signal!" 
-  kill -TERM "$child" 2>/dev/null
-  exit
-}
-
-trap _term SIGTERM SIGINT
-
-for (( i = 0; i < ITERATION; i ++ )); do
-	echo -ne "\r$i / $ITERATION"
-	$@ > /dev/null &
-	child=$! 
-	wait "$child"
-	RET=$?
-	if [ $RET -ne 0 ]; then
-		echo "FAILURE: $RET @ $i"
-	fi
-	if [ $ACTION == "-s" -a $RET -ne 0 ]; then
-		exit $RET
-	fi
-done
-echo -ne "\r$ITERATION / $ITERATION"
-
-exit 0
Index: tools/repeat.c
===================================================================
--- tools/repeat.c	(revision 4149d9d47a294cf1a60328fd01dae145ccc64029)
+++ tools/repeat.c	(revision 4149d9d47a294cf1a60328fd01dae145ccc64029)
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <getopt.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+
+int repetitions = 0;
+bool stop_on_error = false;
+char * this_cmd = NULL;
+bool print_iterations = false;
+
+void parse_args(int argc, char * argv[]);
+void setup();
+int run();
+
+int main(int argc, char * argv[]) {
+	parse_args(argc, argv);
+	setup();
+	for(int i = 0; i < repetitions; i++) {
+		if(print_iterations) {
+			printf("\r%d / %d", i, repetitions);
+		}
+		int retcode = run();
+		if( !WIFEXITED(retcode) ) {
+			printf("FAILURE: %d @ %d\n", retcode, i + 1);
+		}
+		if( !WIFEXITED(retcode) && stop_on_error ) {
+			return retcode;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if(print_iterations) {
+		printf("\r%d / %d\n", repetitions, repetitions);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void usage( FILE * out, int code ) {
+	fprintf(out, "%s [OPTION] [--] N CMD\n", this_cmd);
+	fprintf(out, "Repeat CMD N times\n\n");
+	fprintf(out, "\t-h,--help\tprint this usage message\n");
+	fprintf(out, "\t-s\tstop on error\n");
+	fprintf(out, "\t-i\toutput iterations instead of CMD stdout\n");
+	fprintf(out, "\t-x\tprint CMD before running it\n");
+	exit(code);
+}
+
+char ** cmd_to_run = NULL;
+bool print_cmd = false;
+pid_t child_pid = 0;
+
+void error() {
+	fprintf(stderr,"\n");
+	usage(stderr, 1);
+}
+
+void parse_args(int argc, char * argv[]) {
+	this_cmd = argv[0];
+
+	enum { Help, };
+	static struct option long_opts[] = {
+		{ "help", no_argument, 0, Help },
+		{ 0, 0, 0, 0 }
+	}; // long_opts
+	int long_index;
+
+	int c;
+	while ( (c = getopt_long( argc, argv, "hsxi", long_opts, &long_index)) != -1 ) {
+		switch ( c ) {
+			case Help:
+			case 'h':
+				usage(stdout, 0);
+				break;
+		 	case 's':
+				stop_on_error = true;
+				break;
+		 	case 'x':
+				print_cmd = true;
+				break;
+			case 'i':
+				print_iterations = true;
+				break;
+			default:
+				error("");
+				break;
+		} // switch
+	} // while
+
+	if( argc < optind + 2 ) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Too few arguments\n");
+		error();
+	}
+
+	char * pEnd;
+	char * repeats_c = argv[optind];
+	repetitions = strtol(repeats_c, &pEnd, 10);
+
+	bool is_number = (size_t)(pEnd - repeats_c) == strlen(repeats_c);
+	bool in_range  = repetitions > 0;
+	if( !is_number || !in_range ) {
+		fprintf(
+			stderr,
+			"repetitions option : %s not an number greater than 0\n",
+			repeats_c
+		);
+		error();
+	}
+
+	cmd_to_run = argv + optind + 1;
+}
+
+void setup() {
+
+}
+
+int run() {
+	/* Duplicate this process. */
+	child_pid = fork();
+	if (child_pid != 0) {
+
+		/* This is the parent process. */
+		int status;
+		waitpid(child_pid, &status, 0);
+		child_pid = 0;
+		return status;
+	}
+	else {
+		/* Now execute PROGRAM, searching for it in the path.  */
+		if( print_cmd ) {
+			char ** cmd = cmd_to_run;
+			while (*cmd) {
+				printf("%s ", *cmd);
+				cmd++;
+			}
+			printf("\n");
+		}
+		if(print_iterations) {
+			__attribute__((unused)) FILE * ignore =
+				freopen("/dev/null", "w", stdout);
+		}
+		execvp ( *cmd_to_run, cmd_to_run);
+		/* The execvp  function returns only if an error occurs.  */
+		fprintf(stderr, "an error occurred in execvp\n");
+		abort ();
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
Index: tools/repeat.old
===================================================================
--- tools/repeat.old	(revision 4149d9d47a294cf1a60328fd01dae145ccc64029)
+++ tools/repeat.old	(revision 4149d9d47a294cf1a60328fd01dae145ccc64029)
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ $1 == "-h" -o $1 == "--help" ]; then
+	echo "$(basename $0) [-s|-p] ITERATIONS COMMAND"
+	exit
+fi
+
+ACTION=$1
+ITERATION=$2
+shift 2
+
+_term() { 
+  echo "Caught SIGTERM signal!" 
+  kill -TERM "$child" 2>/dev/null
+  exit
+}
+
+trap _term SIGTERM SIGINT
+
+for (( i = 0; i < ITERATION; i ++ )); do
+	echo -ne "\r$i / $ITERATION"
+	$@ > /dev/null &
+	child=$! 
+	wait "$child"
+	RET=$?
+	if [ $RET -ne 0 ]; then
+		echo "FAILURE: $RET @ $i"
+	fi
+	if [ $ACTION == "-s" -a $RET -ne 0 ]; then
+		exit $RET
+	fi
+done
+echo -ne "\r$ITERATION / $ITERATION"
+
+exit 0
