Not exactly R, but how about > pcname <- system('uname -n',intern=T)
Tom On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 11:19 PM, pdb <ph...@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 > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/computer-name-tp3593120p3593120.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.