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 >> >> >> -- >> 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. > Does > > Sys.info()["nodename"] > > give you what you want? > > David Scott > ______________________________________________ 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.