1 files changed, 67 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/lib/sasl/doc/src/rb.xml b/lib/sasl/doc/src/rb.xml
index 5b49a7bced..f35ceb5777 100644
--- a/lib/sasl/doc/src/rb.xml
+++ b/lib/sasl/doc/src/rb.xml
@@ -4,23 +4,21 @@
 <erlref>
   <header>
     <copyright>
-      <year>1996</year>
-      <year>2007</year>
-      <holder>Ericsson AB, All Rights Reserved</holder>
+      <year>1996</year><year>2010</year>
+      <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
     </copyright>
     <legalnotice>
-  The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License,
-  Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
-  compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the
-  Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be
-  retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/.
+      The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License,
+      Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
+      compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the
+      Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be
+      retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/.
 
-  Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
-  basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See
-  the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations
-  under the License.
+      Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
+      basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See
+      the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations
+      under the License.
 
-  The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Ericsson AB.
     </legalnotice>
 
     <title>rb</title>
@@ -43,20 +41,70 @@
   </description>
   <funcs>
     <func>
+      <name>filter(Filters)</name>
+      <name>filter(Filters, Dates)</name>
+      <fsummary>Filter reports and displays them on the screen</fsummary>
+      <type>
+        <v>Filters = [filter()]</v>
+        <v>filter() = {Key, Value} | {Key, Value, no} | {Key, RegExp, re} | {Key, RegExp, re, no}</v>
+        <v>Key = term()</v>
+        <v>Value = term()</v>
+        <v>RegExp = string() | {string, Options} | mp(), {mp(), Options}</v>
+        <v>Dates = {DateFrom, DateTo} | {DateFrom, from} | {DateTo, to}</v>
+        <v>DateFrom = DateTo = {date(), time()}</v>
+        <v>date() and time() are the same type as in the <c>calendar</c> module</v>
+      </type>
+      <desc>
+        <p>This function displays the reports that match the provided filters.</p>
+        <p>
+          When a filter includes the <c>no</c> atom it will exclude the reports that match
+          that filter.
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          The reports are matched using the <c>proplists</c> module. The report must be a proplist
+          to be matched against any of the <c>filters()</c>.
+        </p>
+	<p>
+	  If the filter is of the form <c>{Key, RegExp, re}</c> the report must contain an element with
+	  <c>key = Key</c> and <c>Value</c> must match the RegExp regular expression.
+	</p>
+	<p>
+	  If the Dates parameter is provided, then the reports are filtered according to the date
+	  when they occurred. If Dates is of the form <c>{DateFrom, from}</c> then reports that occurred
+	  after DateFrom are displayed.
+	</p>
+	<p>
+	  If Dates is of the form <c>{DateTo, to}</c> then reports that occurred before DateTo
+	  are displayed.
+	</p>
+	<p>
+	  If two Dates are provided, then reports that occurred between those dates are returned.
+	</p>
+	<p>
+	   If you only want to filter only by dates, then you can provide the empty list as the Filters
+	   parameter.
+	</p>
+	<p>
+	  See <c>rb:grep/1</c> for more information on the RegExp parameter.
+	</p>
+      </desc>
+    </func>
+    <func>
       <name>grep(RegExp)</name>
       <fsummary>Search the reports for a regular expression</fsummary>
       <type>
-        <v>RegExp = string()</v>
+        <v>RegExp = string() | {string, Options} | mp(), {mp(), Options}</v>
       </type>
       <desc>
         <p>All reports containing the regular expression <c>RegExp</c>
           are printed.
           </p>
-        <p><c>RegExp</c> is a string containing the regular
-          expression. Refer to the module <c>regexp</c> in the STDLIB 
-          reference  manual
-          for a definition of valid regular expressions. They are
-          essentially the same as the UNIX command <c>egrep</c>.
+        <p><c>RegExp</c> can be a string containing the regular
+          expression; a tuple with the string and the options for
+	  compilation; a compiled regular expression; a compiled
+	  regular expression and the options for running it.
+	  Refer to the module <c>re</c> and specially the function <c>re:run/3</c>
+	  for a definition of valid regular expressions and options.
           </p>
       </desc>
     </func>