[CentOS] syslog.conf - how to redirect messages by a program name?

[Brunner, Brian T.]

centos-bounces at centos.org wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> the "man syslog.conf" explains how to filter syslog messages
> 
> But how could I redirect messages by a program name, like
> "drupal" or "php"?  I would like them to go under /var/log/drupal

This 1-liner script needs fired off at system boot.
tail --follow=name --retry /var/log/messages | grep drupal: >
/var/log/drupal

The grep patters might be expanded -E "(drupal|php)"

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