--- main/logger.c.orig  2009-10-02 05:05:28.000000000 +0200
+++ main/logger.c       2010-02-08 10:25:54.000000000 +0100
@@ -742,6 +742,36 @@                                       
        return 0;                                          
 }                                                         
                                                           
+static void strip_coloring(char *str)                     
+{                                                         
+       char *src, *dest, *end;                            
+                                                          
+       if (!str)                                          
+               return;                                    
+                                                          
+       /* find the first potential escape sequence in the string */
+                                                                   
+       src = strchr(str, '\033');                                  
+       if (!src)                                                   
+               return;                                             
+                                                                   
+       dest = src;                                                 
+       while (*src) {                                              
+               /* at the top of this loop, *src will always be an ESC character */
+               if ((src[1] == '[') && ((end = strchr(src + 2, 'm'))))             
+                       src = end + 1;                                             
+               else
+                       *dest++ = *src++;
+
+               /* copy characters, checking for ESC as we go */
+               while (*src && (*src != '\033'))
+                       *dest++ = *src++;
+       }
+
+       *dest = '\0';
+}
+
+
 static void ast_log_vsyslog(int level, const char *file, int line, const char *function, char *str, long pid)
 {
        char buf[BUFSIZ];
@@ -821,6 +851,7 @@
                                        continue;

                                /* Print out to the file */
+                               strip_coloring(logmsg->str);
                                res = fprintf(chan->fileptr, "[%s] %s[%ld] %s: %s",
                                              logmsg->date, levels[logmsg->level], logmsg->process_id, logmsg->file, logmsg->str);
                                if (res <= 0 && !ast_strlen_zero(logmsg->str)) {