Debug syslog by talking directly to /dev/log

#! /usr/bin/env python
import socket
import os

try:
    os.remove("/dev/log")
    except:
        pass

s = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
s.bind("/dev/log")

while True:
    data, add = s.recvfrom(4096)
        print data