--- a/pvl/syslog/args.py	Thu Jan 03 13:14:29 2013 +0200
+++ b/pvl/syslog/args.py	Fri Jan 04 14:19:05 2013 +0200
@@ -61,8 +61,9 @@
         return None
 
     else :
-        log.error("No --syslog source given")
-        sys.exit(2)
+        # from stdin
+        source = sys.stdin
+        poll = False # XXX: SyslogSource can't handle normal file EOF
 
     parser = SyslogParser(
         raw     = options.syslog_raw,