R 4.2.3
OS X

Colleagues 

Interesting (minor) problem.  I have code that I run automatically on two 
different computers.  The code runs from Dropbox so there is not separate code 
for each computer.

In order to identify which computer is running the code, I was hoping to do 
something like:
        Sys.getenv(SOMETHING)

In a terminal window:
        echo $PS1
returns the prompt on that particular computer.

However, when I attempt to access that from R, I am not successful.  For 
example:

In a terminal:
        echo $PS1
returns:
        PET\!>

In R:
        Sys.getenv("PS1")
returns:
        ""

In R:
        system("echo $PS1") 
returns an empty line.

A solution to this immediate problem (how to obtain that environment variable 
in R) or any other clever way to identify a particular computer would be much 
appreciated.

Dennis


Dennis Fisher MD
P < (The "P Less Than" Company)
Phone / Fax: 1-866-PLessThan (1-866-753-7784)
www.PLessThan.com

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