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System

Static class to query information about the system


Description

Package: R.utils
Class System

Object
~~|
~~+--System

Directly known subclasses:

public static class System
extends Object

The System class contains several useful class fields and methods. It cannot be instantiated.

Fields and Methods

Methods:

currentTimeMillis Get the current time in milliseconds.
findGhostscript Searches for a Ghostview executable on the current system.
findGraphicsDevice Searches for a working PNG device.
getHostname Retrieves the computer name of the current host.
getMappedDrivesOnWindows -
getUsername Retrieves the name of the user running R.
mapDriveOnWindows -
openBrowser Opens an HTML document using the OS default HTML browser.
parseDebian Parses a string, file or connection for Debian formatted parameters.
unmapDriveOnWindows -

Methods inherited from Object:
$, $<-, [[, [[<-, as.character, attach, attachLocally, clearCache, clearLookupCache, clone, detach, equals, extend, finalize, getEnvironment, getFieldModifier, getFieldModifiers, getFields, getInstantiationTime, getStaticInstance, hasField, hashCode, ll, load, names, objectSize, print, save

Author(s)

Henrik Bengtsson


R.utils

Various Programming Utilities

v2.10.1
LGPL (>= 2.1)
Authors
Henrik Bengtsson [aut, cre, cph]
Initial release

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