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username

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)

whoami

Username, Full Name, Email Address, 'GitHub' Username of the Current User

v1.3.0

MIT + file LICENSE

Authors

Gábor Csárdi [aut, cre], Maëlle Salmon [ctb]

Initial release