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User1996
User1996

Reputation: 393

How to fix WSL with Ubuntu where Visual Studio Code and Nano/Vim recognize the user directory differently

I have Ubuntu installed on Windows 10 with WSL. In the WSL bash terminal, when I run code ~/.bashrc it opens visual studio code to a blank file. Revealing the file in explorer shows that the path of this file is C:\home\[user], which is the Windows user directory, not the WSL/Ubuntu user directory.

When I run nano ~/.bashrc or vim ~/.bashrc, the default .bashrc file opens in nano/vim which I can edit. I was able to dig around and found that the path to this file is at C:\Users\[Windows user name]\AppData\Local\Packages\CanonicalGroupLimited.UbuntuonWindows_79rhkp1fndgsc\LocalState\rootfs\home\[WSL user name]

Why do the commands code and nano recognize ~/ differently? And how can I make code point to the WSL/Ubuntu user directory?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1744

Answers (1)

Sasa Glisic
Sasa Glisic

Reputation: 1

WSL is not a VM or Container, it's just a layer on top of Windows kernel. You can find more here

If you do in WSL terminal 

which nano

you get: /bin/nano or /usr/bin/vim, for vim but for 

which code

/mnt/c/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/bin/code

What I did is How to add multiple terminal in VS Code?

Upvotes: 0

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