R.utils (version 2.5.0)

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:
"getUsername"(static, ...)

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().