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November 2016 - Windows Command Line

Do not change Linux files using Windows apps and tools

November 17, 2016 Nov 17, 2016 11/17/16
Rich Turner
Update - May 2019 Windows 10 version 1903 has now been released and allows an important update to WSL that allows Windows applications and tools to access Linux files directly. To do this, WSL hosts a new 9P fileserver, which exposes distro filesystems to Windows apps and tools via ! You can read all about the feature in the blog post "What...

ifconfig and network connection enumeration support in Windows 10 Insider build 14965

November 10, 2016 Nov 10, 2016 11/10/16
Rich Turner
Enable network connection enumeration is currently the most-requested idea in our command-line User Voice. Or at least it was, until Windows 10 Insider build #14965 was released, which support for network connection enumeration: Below is a screenshot of Bash on Windows running ifconfig: (image) This new feature should unblock ...