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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Carpet/CarpetIOScalar/src/ioscalar.cc b/Carpet/CarpetIOScalar/src/ioscalar.cc
index 382330d60..964498280 100644
--- a/Carpet/CarpetIOScalar/src/ioscalar.cc
+++ b/Carpet/CarpetIOScalar/src/ioscalar.cc
@@ -335,7 +335,10 @@ namespace CarpetIOScalar {
if (want_date) {
char run_host [1000];
Util_GetHostName (run_host, sizeof run_host);
- char const * const run_user = getenv ("USER");
+ char const * run_user = getenv ("USER");
+ if (not run_user) {
+ run_user = "";
+ }
char run_date [1000];
Util_CurrentDate (sizeof run_date, run_date);
char run_time [1000];