node-wsl

A wrapper for the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) cli

Install

wsl:

You'll need Windows with WSL 2 to use this library. node-wsl uses wsl.exe under the hood.

npm:

npm install node-wsl

yarn:

yarn add node-wsl

Usage

const { status } = require('node-wsl');

const status = await status();
assert.deepEqual(status, {
    distributions: [
     {
       default: true,
       running: true,
       stopped: false,
       name: 'Ubuntu',
       state: 'Running',
       version: '2',
     },
     {
       default: false,
       running: false,
       stopped: true,
       name: 'kali-linux',
       state: 'Stopped',
       version: '2',
     },
     {
       default: false,
       running: true,
       stopped: false,
       name: 'Debian',
       state: 'Running',
       version: '2',
     },
    ],
    runningDistributions: [
     {
       default: true,
       running: true,
       stopped: false,
       name: 'Ubuntu',
       state: 'Running',
       version: '2',
     },
     {
       default: false,
       running: true,
       stopped: false,
       name: 'Debian',
       state: 'Running',
       version: '2',
     },
    ],
    stoppedDistributions: [
     {
       default: false,
       running: false,
       stopped: true,
       name: 'kali-linux',
       state: 'Stopped',
       version: '2',
     },
    ],
    defaultDistribution: {
     default: true,
     running: true,
     stopped: false,
     name: 'Ubuntu',
     state: 'Running',
     version: '2',
    },
    total: 3,
    running: 2,
    stopped: 1,
});

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API

⚠️ execa does not use a shell by default. So features like variable substitution will not work without specifying a shell

⚠️ if Microsoft changes the wsl.exe interface with a future update, this package will probly break!

complete api docs can be found at: https://grmlin.github.io/node-wsl

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Contributors

Name	Website
Andreas Wehr	https://github.com/grmlin

FAQ

• WSL fails because a path/file was not found That probably if you some form of variable substitution in a path, eg. ~/backup.tar, without specifying a shell for execa. Check the execa documentation for a detailed explanation.

Windows Compatibility

node-wsl was tested with the following versions of Windows

Version	Build	tested
2004	19041.450	✅

License

MIT © Andreas Wehr

[]: https://grmlin.github.io/node-wsl