Retrieves the name of the user running R

Retrieves the name of the user running R.

## Static method (use this):
## System$getUsername(...)

## Don't use the below:
# S3 method for System
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().