The name of the user that owns the process. On Unix it is calculated from the real user id.
Usage
ps_username(p = ps_handle())Details
On Unix, a numeric uid id returned if the uid is not in the user database, thus a username cannot be determined.
Works for zombie processes.
See also
Other process handle functions:
ps_children(),
ps_cmdline(),
ps_connections(),
ps_cpu_times(),
ps_create_time(),
ps_cwd(),
ps_descent(),
ps_environ(),
ps_exe(),
ps_handle(),
ps_interrupt(),
ps_is_running(),
ps_kill(),
ps_memory_info(),
ps_name(),
ps_num_fds(),
ps_num_threads(),
ps_open_files(),
ps_pid(),
ps_ppid(),
ps_resume(),
ps_send_signal(),
ps_shared_libs(),
ps_status(),
ps_suspend(),
ps_terminal(),
ps_terminate(),
ps_uids()
Examples
p <- ps_handle()
p
#> <ps::ps_handle> PID=6015, NAME=R, AT=2024-10-29 08:51:51.83
ps_username(p)
#> [1] "runner"