Copy Files from Windows to the Ubuntu Subsystem

Question

I have enabled developer mode and installed Bash on Ubuntu on Windows   My home directory can be found under  localappdata  Lxss home  lt ubuntu username gt    i have created a sub-directory called Pictures such that the full path should be  on windows  C  Users  lt windows username gt  AppData Local lxss home  lt ubuntu username gt  Pictures  on bash   home  lt ubuntu username gt  Pictures  if i create a file from bash using the command touch hello txt i can freely see this file in the windows UI and copy it to my Desktop  However  if i create a new text file from the windows UI and save it in C  Users  lt windows username gt  AppData Local lxss home  lt ubuntu username gt  Pictures  even if i restart bash or windows  the file is not visible when i do ls -l   Why can t bash see files created from the Windows side in it s own home directory   EDIT Using  mnt c is not a solution  i am trying to understand why it doesn t see those files and if there is a remedy to that so that it will be able to see UI created files  rather than trying to use the terminal to copy-paste or move files over

User · Answer

You should be able to access your windows system under the /mnt directory. For example inside of bash, use this to get to your pictures directory:

cd /mnt/c/Users/<ubuntu.username>/Pictures

Hope this helps!

User · Answer

You should only access Linux files system  those located in lxss folder  from inside WSL  DO NOT create modify any files in lxss folder in Windows - it s dangerous and WSL will not see these files   Files can be shared between WSL and Windows  though  put the file outside of lxss folder  You can access them via drvFS   mnt  such as  mnt c Users yourusername files within WSL  These files stay synced between WSL and Windows   For details and why  see  https   blogs msdn microsoft com commandline 2016 11 17 do-not-change-linux-files-using-windows-apps-and-tools

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