Retrieves the computer name of the current host

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, ...)

Value

Returns a character string.

Details

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.

See also

*getUsername().