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So will the bash prompt not see any tools like windows python in the windows system path? That seems like an odd decision if so.
by tdicola 11y ago
So will the bash prompt not see any tools like windows python in the windows system path? That seems like an odd decision if so.
- alkonaut 11y agoYou will find windows executables mounted just like the rest of the windows file system, so in bash you can find /mnt/c/windows/notepad.exe but you can't execute it from the bash subsystem (I presume). The opposite is also true: the linux subsystem files are mounted under a regular directory in windows, so you can see all the files but from the normal windows subsystem you can't execute the linux binaries. It means there is a big wall between the two systems, and you can't really automate windows things with bash instead of PS if you wanted. At this point though I find that to be a benefit - It would be fantastically confusing if you typed "find" or "python" and had to wonder whether a linux program or a windows program would actually execute.
- voltagex_ 11y agoI wonder how hard it would be to implement PowerShell Remoting for this environment