Linux distributions uses the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) which defines the universal directory structure (like home, usr, bin, tmp and so on) and directory contents. To access to Windows c: drive from install WSL Linux distribution use /mnt/c directory. Let us create c:\Temp\ubuntu.txt file from WSL ubuntu 24.04 distribution:
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C:\>wsl -d Ubuntu-24.04 smoke29@MSI:/mnt/c$ sudo echo “From wsl Ubuntu”>/mnt/c/Temp/ubuntu.txt [sudo] password for smoke29: sudo: a password is required smoke29@MSI:/mnt/c$ echo “From wsl Ubuntu”>/mnt/c/Temp/ubuntu.txt smoke29@MSI:/mnt/c$ ls -l /mnt/c/Temp/ total 0 -rwxrwxrwx 1 smoke29 smoke29 16 Jul 7 10:04 ubuntu.txt smoke29@MSI:/mnt/c$ cat /mnt/c/Temp/ubuntu.txt From wsl Ubuntu smoke29@MSI:/mnt/c$ |
Now about access to c:\Temp\ubuntu.txt file from Windows command prompt (cmd.exe). By the way it is possible to start cmd.exe and other Windows applications directly from WSL Linux distribution terminal:
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smoke29@MSI:/mnt/c$ cmd.exe Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22621.1848] (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\>type c:\Temp\ubuntu.txt C:\>exit |
From Windows side the simplest way to access to WSL Linux files is via File Explorer:
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