access running wsl distro code example
Example 1: windows how to access wsl from explorer
from explorer \\wsl$
from powershell: cd \\wsl$\<DistributionName>
in my case DistributionName is Ubuntu20.04
Example 2: running docker in wsl
sudo apt-get update -y
sudo apt-get install -y \
apt-transport-https \
ca-certificates \
curl \
software-properties-common
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-key fingerprint 0EBFCD88
sudo add-apt-repository \
"deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
$(lsb_release -cs) \
stable"
sudo apt-get update -y
sudo apt-get install -y docker-ce
sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
Example 3: how to access the local machine using WSL
You can access your local machine using Windows Linux subsystem by accessing mnt folder in the root directory of the bash.
Just type, cd /
-- this will get you to the root folder.
Then type, cd mnt
-- this will get you inside the mnt directory
Then type, ls -ltr
-- this will list down the drives in your local computer. From here yo can access anything you want on your local computer.