[R] computer name

[Erich Neuwirth]

This depends on your OS.

on Windows,
Sys.getenv('computername')
should work.

Sys.info()['nodename']
should work on all systems.



On 6/13/2011 7:38 AM, David Scott wrote:
>  On 13/06/11 15:19, pdb wrote:
>> Is there an r function that will be able to identify the computer the
>> code is
>> running on?
>>
>> I have some common code that I run on several computers and each has a
>> database with a different server name - although the content is
>> identical.
>>
>> I need to set thisServer depending on which machine the code is running
>> on...
>>
>> something like...
>>
>> if(pcname = pc1) thisServer = 'SERVER1'
>> if(pcname = pc2) thisServer = 'SERVER2'
>>
>>
>> conn<- odbcDriverConnect("driver=SQL
>> Server;database=x;server=thisServer;")
>>
>> ...rest of code will now run OK.
>>
>> I know I could set the DSN names the same and use...
>>
>> conn<- odbcConnect("commonDSNname")
>>
>>   but I was wondering if there was another way
>>
>>
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> Does
> 
> Sys.info()["nodename"]
> 
> give you what you want?
> 
> David Scott
>