shared-folder-in-windows-subsystem-for-linux

shared-folder-in-windows-subsystem-for-linux

• this post covers how to share a folder(including files) in WSL
• environment
  • Windows 10 / Home
  • WSL / Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  • Visual Studio Code

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pre-task

• install WSL in your Windows 10
  • open the Microsoft Store
  • search for Ubuntu
  • click Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  • get and install it
• prepare the environment
  • initialize your WSL

make-link

• make a folder in some directory on Windows
  • ex) D:\Code\LinuxShare

• make a link in some directory on WSL
  • format) ln -s /mnt/[partition]/[folder...] [link-name]
  • ex) ln -s /mnt/d/Code/LinuxShare share-with-windows

make-file

• make a text file on Windows side
  • ex) D:\Code\LinuxShare\test.txt

• check out the text file on WSL side
  • ex) ~/share-with-windows/test.txt

• edit the text file and save it on WSL side
  • ex) hello WSL ! → hello Windows !

• check out the text file on Windows side

typing-and-compiling

• make a c file and edit it on Windows side
  • ex) D:\Code\LinuxShare\test.c

• compile the c file and execute it
  • ex) ~/share-with-windows/test.c
• you can now type texts on Windows and compile that on WSL

• also output file, a.out will be seen on Windows side