[Feature Request] Add option to run a startup-command

[freijon]

Today the 'run' parameter runs a command and exits WSL immediately.
It would be nice to have a similar option which runs a startup-command. This could be used for example to 'cd' directly into the current directory of the Windows CMD console.

[yuk7]

If you run the run parameter without specifying any commands, you can use prompt in current directory.
Please try it.
{any}.exe run

[yuk7]

We have received some feedback on the feature, but have yet to reach a conclusion.
You can do a similar thing with the settings inside the distro (eg bashrc).
I would like to hear if you have any opinions.

[freijon]

{any}.exe run works like you described, however it seems it only works on the C: drive and not on fstab mounted drives, so there is a small limitation...

I still think it could be beneficial to have startup-commands.
Example:

• Create a vim.bat which runs Arch.exe exec vim <file>
• Drag&Drop any file on the vim.bat file which edits the given file in vim
  For this to work we would need a script in WSL which converts Windows paths in the corresponding WSL path, but that shouldn't be a problem to setup.

[yuk7]

hmm? I couldn't understand the meaning.
Is it a command to run at startup likes bashrc?
Or is it something like Arch.exe run script.sh vim <file>?

[freijon]

It's a command Arch.exe run vim <file>
But Windows would pass the parameter as "C:\myfile.txt", which is useless in WSL. What we would need is a conversion to "/mnt/c/myfile.txt". For this I would create a script.sh.
I would launch Arch.exe run vim `script.sh C:\myfile.txt` which internally would be converted to Arch.exe run vim /mnt/c/mytext.txt

But that's just brainstorming what would be possible ;) The request is just to be able to run a command without WSL being closed immediately.

[yuk7]

It's a bit different from your request, but I working for new runp command now.
It can convert Windows-style path in command line.

[freijon]

This looks great! I would say this is even better than what I asked for ;-)
Does it also work with relative paths? If I run Arch.exe from C:\Users\User and "runp vim test.txt", will it actually edit C:\Users\User\test.txt?
I hope I can give it a try soon.

[yuk7]

Relative paths work too if the distribution is configured properly.
I'll release a new version soon.
i hope you like it...

[yuk7]

I released new version.
Implemented runp command.
https://github.com/yuk7/wsldl/releases/latest

[freijon]

That was quick, thanks!

Maybe a stupid question... How do I get from the Launch.exe to the Arch.exe without reinstalling everything?

[yuk7]

The executable file with icons is included in icons.zip.
Updates only replace executables.

wsldl connects to the instance by the executable file name. Change the file name.

[freijon]

The new command works fine! The only thing I noticed is that it only works on the C:\ drive. If I run the command from another drive it shows: ERROR: Path translation failed.

[yuk7]

From what I confirmed, I was able to convert non-C hard drives.
Maybe you can't convert a manually mounted one.(external drives)

[yuk7]

It is recommended that you replace the wslpath command.

[freijon]

I've looked for the newest wslpath binaries, but with no success. Can you point me to the newest version?

[yuk7]

I decided not to implement this in wsldl.
Please devise command line parameters.
Alternatively, you can change the default shell with chsh.