How to get the name of the computer under MATLAB?
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I want to register the name of the computer where my script is running. Is it possible to get this info?
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Ameer Hamza
on 29 Apr 2018
[ret, name] = system('hostname')
name = getenv('COMPUTERNAME'); % for windows
name = getenv('HOSTNAME')
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nan
on 18 Aug 2020
This does not work when running a VPN on a Mac (running Catalina); the hostname is replaced by an IP address.
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