config/wsl

WSL

Setup

Use install.cmd to set up a new WSL installation. Run without arguments for details.

Scripts

• wsl-apt - run apt update/upgrade/install/remove/autoremove/autoclean
  • any package names given as arguments are treated as packages to install, except any prefixed with a - are treated as packages to remove
• wsl-clipboard-ssh-add - add private key on Windows clipboard to SSH authentication agent
• wsl-expose-filesystem - expose entire filesystem to all WSL instances at /mnt/wsl/$WSL_DISTRO_NAME
• wsl-expose-ports - expose one or more ports within WSL to the outside world
  • this sets up a port proxy and a Windows firewall rule for each exposed port, and removes previous port proxies and firewall rules
  • multiple ports can be specified, each with an optional external port: 1234 exposes port 1234 as 1234, 1234:5678 exposes port 5678 as 1234
  • call without arguments to remove port proxies and firewall rules without creating new ones
• wsl-fix-clock - sync the WSL clock with the Windows clock
• wsl-fix-interop - fix WSL_INTEROP variable when it becomes incorrectly set
• wsl-mount - mount or unmount a removable drive or network share in WSL
  • call with wsl-mount A: ./directory to mount drive at directory
  • call with wsl-mount '\\computer\share' ./directory to mount network share at directory
  • call with wsl-mount ./directory to unmount
• wsl-sudo - run a given command as root using wsl.exe
• wsl-takeown - chown the current directory and all contents to the current user