R: User name of the current user

username {whoami}

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User name of the current user

Description

Tries the LOGNAME, USER, LNAME, USERNAME environment variables first. Then it tries the 'id' command on Unix-like platforms and 'whoami' on Windows.

Usage

username(fallback = NULL)

Arguments

fallback

If not NULL then this value is returned if the username cannot be found, instead of triggering an error.

Value

The user name of the current user.

Examples

## Not run: 
username()

## End(Not run)