The error will occur if log files are defined in /etc/syslog.conf but are then deleted manually by the administrator.
I think the right answer is to add a file test inside the loop and skip any that can't be stat()'ed: diff -u syslogd-listfiles.orig syslogd-listfiles --- syslogd-listfiles.orig 2008-06-20 06:08:11.000000000 -0400 +++ syslogd-listfiles 2009-08-03 12:05:00.000000000 -0400 @@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ $output{$file} = 1 if ($pat =~ /auth[^\.]*\.(?!none).*/); } else { my $everything = ($pat =~ /\*\.\*/); + if (! -f $file) { next; }; $output{$file} = 1 if (($everything && $opt_daily) || (!$everything && !$opt_daily && !rotated ($file)) || (!$opt_ign_size && ((stat $file)[7] >= $opt_large) && $opt_daily) Reto -- R A Lichtensteiger r...@tifosi.com "Never underestimate the powers of a Dark Clown!" - Darph Bobo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org