How can I use rsyslog to log messages written to arbitrary files ?

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Issue

Applications such as SAP R/3 and mysql do not use syslog for logging. How can I include these logs into my syslog setup ?

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 and above
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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