#! /usr/local/bin/python import syslog syslog.syslog('syslog junkie: the script has just got woken up') # some code for a in ['a', 'b', 'c']: b = 'syslog junkie: I found letter '+a syslog.syslog(b) syslog.syslog('syslog junkie: the script goes to sleep now, bye, bye!')