[R] computer name

[Thomas Levine]

Not exactly R, but how about

> pcname <- system('uname -n',intern=T)

Tom

On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 11:19 PM, pdb <philb at philbrierley.com> 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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