Retrieves the computer name of the current host.
## Static method (use this):
## System$getHostname(...)## Don't use the below:
# S3 method for System
getHostname(static, ...)
Returns a character
string.
First, this function checks the system environment variables HOST
,
HOSTNAME
, and COMPUTERNAME
.
Second, it checks Sys.info()["nodename"]
for host name details.
Finally, it tries to query the system command uname -n
.
*getUsername()
.