Roadmap for v3.

[DDoSolitary]

• v3 will only support the upcoming Win 10 v1803.
• Rewrite the whole project in C++.
• Use libarchive to read tar files, which would solve How to backup the installed distributions and install to another machine？ #29 (comment).
• Take a look at FileStatLxInformation and FileCaseSensitiveInformation.

[Biswa96]

Did you know the struct that FileStatLxInformation returns? One problem is that Windows shows a Linux symbolic link as a normal file. And don't remove the C# source codes. I like it.

[DDoSolitary]

Did you know the struct that FileStatLxInformation returns?

I haven't investigated it. So I said "Take a look at"... 😄

And don't remove the C# source codes. I like it.

I will delete them, but you can always browse them in the git commit history.

[TomasHubelbauer]

Do you think that as a convenience feature, a command for creating an icon and attaching it to the taskbar could be added?

Also, would be nice to be able to specify the input image using friendly name as opposed to the app you offer that redirects you to the files, but I expect there is a reason for why that's not already the case, so that's just a nice-to-have for me.

[DDoSolitary]

It seems to be hard because the dll is not loaded in the LxRunOffline's process.

[DDoSolitary]

Take a look at FileStatLxInformation and FileCaseSensitiveInformation.

Just tested both of them. FileCaseSensitiveInformation worked well, but I got some problems on FileStatLxInformation.

• The returned FILE_STAT_LX_INFORMATION structure has all of the WSL-related fields zero even if NtQueryInformationFile is called on a WSL's file, and I don't how to get it working.

• As the structure has some read-only fields like FileId and NumberOfLinks, I don't think it can be used by NtSetInformationFile to set the extended attributes. (though not tried yet)

So I decided to stick to NtQueryEaFile and NtSetEaFile.

[DDoSolitary]

v3 is ready.

[DDoSolitary]

@TomasHubelbauer I've reopened #27 and will implement this feature later.

[Biswa96]

Oooo, you're mimicking the behaviour of LxssManager.dll 👌 One thing I've to say. Microsoft WSL programmers are moving towards DRVFS like extended attributes. That is, LXATTRB may be replaced by the FILE_STAT_LX_INFORMATION. wslconfig.exe /upgrade is responsible to do this conversation.

[DDoSolitary]

@Biswa96 Really helpful information, could you please give the source?

Just saw the option on the latest insider build, I'll take a look at it.

[DDoSolitary]

BTW, the duplicate command of v3.0.1 has some known issues. Please use it with care.

[Biswa96]

A makefile with gcc or g++ will be great.

[DDoSolitary]

Actually I have got one locally, I'll update it.

[DDoSolitary]

@Biswa96 Pushed. I'll add build instructions to README later.