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Message-ID: <c9ce82b00903161519g14f3982cke28917be86dfe551@mail.gmail.com>
Date: 2009-03-16T22:19:17Z
From: Sundar Dorai-Raj
Subject: Get user system name
In-Reply-To: <49BECF5B.6030503@gmail.com>

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 ?crit?:
>
> 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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