System$getUsername {R.utils}

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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 class 'System'
getUsername(static, ...)

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.

Value

Returns a character string.

See Also

*getHostname().

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