Using the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)

Sharing files between Windows Subsystem for Linux and Windows

Access the Windows files from Linux

  • Start WSL
  • In the terminal navigate to the /mnt directory
cd /mnt
  • The drives are mounted to sub-directories
root@P70:/mnt# ls -l
total 0
drwxrwxrwx  c
drwxrwxrwx  d

Access the Linux files from Windows

  • Start the WSL application in Windows 10 (in this case with the Ubuntu distro)
  • Open Windows Explorer in Windows 10
  • Navigate to \\wsl$

Enable copy/paste

To enable copy/paste in the default WSL terminal

  • Right-click the top bar and select Properties
  • On the Options tab check Use Ctrl+Shift+C/V as Copy/Paste
  • You can also enable a larger command history buffer.

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