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$UserName

Usage

• $UserName gives the login name of the user who invoked the Mathematica kernel, as recorded by the operating system.


Notes

• On Unix and similar operating systems, $UserName is derived from the UID associated with the Mathematica kernel process.
• On operating systems where no login name can be found, $UserName is None.
• See Section 2.14.5.
• See also: $HomeDirectory, Environment, $UserBaseDirectory.
• New in Version 3.


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