import sys import socket import select print "Simulating Unix-domain logging using file: %s" % sys.argv[1] log_socket = socket.socket( socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_DGRAM ) log_socket.bind( sys.argv[1] ) while 1: n = select.select( [ log_socket ], [], [] ) print ".", if n > 0: print log_socket.recv( 1024 )