1 files changed, 0 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/sysklogd/syslogd.c b/sysklogd/syslogd.c
index 29ede13db..c48d5a435 100644
--- a/sysklogd/syslogd.c
+++ b/sysklogd/syslogd.c
@@ -68,25 +68,6 @@ static const char syslogd_usage[] =
     "\t-O\tSpecify an alternate log file.  default=/var/log/messages\n";
 
 
-/* try to open up the specified device */
-static int device_open(char *device, int mode)
-{
-    int m, f, fd = -1;
-
-    m = mode | O_NONBLOCK;
-
-    /* Retry up to 5 times */
-    for (f = 0; f < 5; f++)
-        if ((fd = open(device, m, 0600)) >= 0)
-            break;
-    if (fd < 0)
-        return fd;
-    /* Reset original flags. */
-    if (m != mode)
-        fcntl(fd, F_SETFL, mode);
-    return fd;
-}
-
 /* print a message to the log file */
 static void message(char *fmt, ...)
 {