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R.utils (version 2.9.0)

System$getUsername: Retrieves the name of the user running R

Description

Retrieves the name of the user running R.

Usage

## Static method (use this):
## System$getUsername(...)

## Don't use the below: # S3 method for System getUsername(static, ...)

Arguments

Value

Returns a character string.

Details

First, this function checks the system environment variables USER, and USERNAME. Second, it checks Sys.info()["user"] for user name details. Finally, it tries to query the system command whoami.

See Also

*getHostname().