File Stat Counter

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[]){

    int charCount, spaceCount, wordCount;
    charCount = spaceCount = wordCount = 0;

    int ch, och = 0; // EOF Flag From Input or Character
    FILE *inputFile = fopen(argv[1], "r");

    if(inputFile == 0){
        printf("\nCannot open a file which doesn't exist\n");
        exit(8); // not really sure why it's 8, it just worked... :)
    }

    int word = 0; // in or out of word

    while(1){
        ch = fgetc(inputFile);
        if(ch == EOF)
            break;
        if(ch == ' '){
            ++spaceCount;
            word = 0;
        }else{
            if(word == 0){
                ++wordCount;
                word = 1;
            }
        }
        ++charCount;
    }

    printf("This file has %d spaces; %d words; and %d chars.\n", spaceCount, wordCount, charCount);
    return 0;
}