@endever-io/wsl-path

wsl-path is a node package that converts converts Windows paths to WSL and vice-versa using just the path module. Other tools or packages require CLI tools to be installed on the WSL instance and use a newly spawned shell or cache to get the value.

Installation

You can use npm or yarn to install this package into your project

npm install @endevr-io/wsl-path

yarn add @endevr-io/wsl-path

Functions

windowsToWsl(absolutePath) ⇒ string

Converts a Windows path to a WSL path

Kind: global function
Returns: string - normalized WSL path
Throws:

• TypeError throws if absolutePath is not a string
• Error throws if the path in not an absolute path

| Param | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | absolutePath | string | an absolute Windows path |

Example

const { windowsToWsl } = require('@endevr-io/wsl-path')
const wsl = windowsToWsl('C:\\Users\\endevr\\Documents')
console.log(wsl)
// '/mnt/c/Users/endevr/Documents'

wslToWindows(absolutePath) ⇒ string

Converts a WSL path to a Windows path

Kind: global function
Returns: string - normalized Windows path
Throws:

• TypeError throws if absolutePath is not a string
• Error throws if the path in not an absolute path

| Param | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | absolutePath | string | an absolute WSL path |

Example

const windows = wslToWindows('/mnt/c/Users/endevr/Documents')
console.log(windows)
// 'C:\\Users\\endevr\\Documents'

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome for bug fixes or feature requests. Make sure that all tests pass with npm run test before creating a pull request.

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License

MIT