hostname: System calls

In RandomFieldsUtils: Utilities for the Simulation and Analysis of Random Fields and Genetic Data

System calls

Description

The functions hostname and pid return the host name and the PID, respectively.

Usage

hostname()

pid()

Details

If R runs on a unix platform the host name and the PID are returned, otherwise the empty string and naught, respectively.

Value

hostname	returns a string
pid	returns an unsigned integer

Examples

cat("The name of your computer is '", hostname(),
    "'. Your R program has current pid ", pid(), ".\n", sep="")

RandomFieldsUtils documentation built on April 19, 2022, 5:09 p.m.