> I think having a bin/pg_logparse tool that can parse postgres' config > file and attempt to parse the log contents in whatever format they are > would be much much more useful. Obviously not every log_line_prefix can > be parsed unambiguously, but a lot of formats can, and a lot more > formats can be made unambiguous (e.g. adding escape logic to application > name logging would be very useful). >
Aren't application names set by the client? If they are currently logged without escaping, couldn't a client insert arbitrary binary content such as terminal control sequences into log files, with potentially unpleasant results? Or is there some sort of filter already in place somewhere? Should I investigate?
