id = "atop" name = "atop" homepage = "https://www.atoptool.nl" description = "An interactive monitor to view the load on system level and process level." executables = ["atop"] platforms = ["linux"] [dotfiles] # The upstream atop(1) manual's FILES section identifies ~/.atoprc as the # personal default-values configuration file; /etc/atoprc is system-wide and # is intentionally not part of a user dotfile catalog. # https://www.atoptool.nl/download/man_atop-1.pdf paths = ["~/.atoprc"] secret = [] [commands] format = 1 label = "Record or replay a raw log" description = "Write system and process statistics to an atop raw file, or replay one over a time window. The interactive display flags are left out." quality = "ai-draft" parser = { end_of_options = "--", interleave = "permute", long_equals = false, short_attached = false, short_bundles = false } [[commands.source]] id = "man" kind = "manual" url = "https://github.com/Atoptool/atop/blob/master/man/atop.1" revision = "master 2026-10-27" evidence = """ atop -w rawfile [-a] [-S] [interval [samples]] atop -r [rawfile|yyy...] [-b [YYYYMMDD]hhmm[ss]] [-e [YYYYMMDD]hhmm[ss]] store the system and process level statistics in compressed binary format in a raw file with the flag -w followed by the filename. The interval (default: 10 seconds) and number of samples (default: infinite) can be passed as last arguments. Instead of the number of samples, the flag -S can be used to indicate that atop should finish anyhow before midnight. A raw file can be read and visualized again with the flag -r followed by the filename. With the flag -b (begin time) and/or -e (end time) followed by a time argument of the form [YYYYMMDD]hhmm[ss], a certain time period within the raw file can be selected. """ [[commands.field]] id = "write" label = "Write raw file" description = "Appends to the file when it already exists." type = "path" path = { kind = "file", role = "output" } option = ["-w"] effect = "overwrite" sources = ["man"] [[commands.field]] id = "read" label = "Read raw file" type = "path" path = { kind = "file", role = "input" } option = ["-r"] sources = ["man"] [[commands.field]] id = "begin" label = "Begin time" description = "Form [YYYYMMDD]hhmm[ss]." type = "string" option = ["-b"] sources = ["man"] [[commands.field]] id = "end" label = "End time" description = "Form [YYYYMMDD]hhmm[ss]." type = "string" option = ["-e"] sources = ["man"] [[commands.field]] id = "finish_midnight" label = "Finish before midnight" type = "boolean" option = ["-S"] sources = ["man"] [[commands.field]] id = "interval" label = "Interval (seconds)" type = "integer" position = 0 sources = ["man"] [[commands.field]] id = "samples" label = "Number of samples" type = "integer" position = 1 sources = ["man"] [[commands.task]] id = "record" label = "Record to a raw file" fields = ["write", "interval", "samples", "finish_midnight"] required = ["write"] [[commands.task]] id = "replay" label = "Replay a time window" fields = ["read", "begin", "end"] required = ["read"] [[commands.group]] id = "basic" label = "Basic" fields = ["write", "read", "begin", "end"] [[commands.group]] id = "advanced" label = "Advanced" fields = ["interval", "samples", "finish_midnight"]