[R] Get user system name

Sundar Dorai-Raj sdorairaj at gmail.com
Mon Mar 16 23:19:17 CET 2009


If that's the case, it's best to post the output from "version" to
this thread. Type "version" from the R command prompt and paste the
results here.

On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 3:14 PM, Etienne Bellemare Racine
<etiennebr at gmail.com> wrote:
> It seems like it is not defined. I get an empty string. Is there a
> workaround or another solution ?
>
> --
> Etienne
>
> Sundar Dorai-Raj a écrit :
>
> Assuming "USER" is defined on your system then
>
> Sys.getenv("USER")
>
> ought to work.
>
> --sundar
>
> On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Etienne Bellemare Racine
> <etiennebr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> I would like to get the name of the user form the system. Is it possible ?
> Something like
>  >system.user()
> returning something like
> [1] "etber12"
>
> Thanks,
> Etienne
>
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