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| * Determine the name of the current Linux installation(s) used in WSL | * Determine the name of the current Linux installation(s) used in WSL | ||
| * <code>> wsl --list --verbose | * <code>> wsl --list --verbose | ||
| - | NAME STATE VERSION | + | NAME STATE VERSION |
| - | * Ubuntu Running 2</code> | + | * Ubuntu_custom Running 2</code> |
| * [[other:win10wsl#rebooting_wsl|Stop all running installations]] | * [[other:win10wsl#rebooting_wsl|Stop all running installations]] | ||
| * <code>> wsl --shutdown | * <code>> wsl --shutdown | ||
| > wsl -l -v | > wsl -l -v | ||
| - | NAME STATE VERSION | + | NAME STATE VERSION |
| - | * Ubuntu Stopped 2</code> | + | * Ubuntu_custom Stopped 2</code> |
| * ... or stop just the specific installation that you want to save:\\ ''%%> wsl --terminate Ubuntu_custom%%'' | * ... or stop just the specific installation that you want to save:\\ ''%%> wsl --terminate Ubuntu_custom%%'' | ||
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| * You should export to a directory or external disk where you have //enough// space\\ e.g. The tar file for a [[other:win10wsl#base_installation|newly installed and updated]] //Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS// is ~1.4 Gb | * You should export to a directory or external disk where you have //enough// space\\ e.g. The tar file for a [[other:win10wsl#base_installation|newly installed and updated]] //Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS// is ~1.4 Gb | ||
| * You should use a detailed enough file name for the tar file\\ e.g. WSL_<Linux_Distribution>_<Distribution_Version>_<User>_<Date>.tar | * You should use a detailed enough file name for the tar file\\ e.g. WSL_<Linux_Distribution>_<Distribution_Version>_<User>_<Date>.tar | ||
| - | * Example: ''%%wsl --export Ubuntu C:\Scratch\your_login\WSL\WSL_Ubuntu_20.04.5_LTS_stdu_22-08-29.tar%%'' | + | * Example: ''%%wsl --export Ubuntu C:\Scratch\your_login\WSL\WSL_Ubuntu_20.04.5_LTS_stdu_22-10-27.tar%%'' |
| * You can (probably) save a lot of space by compressing the backup | * You can (probably) save a lot of space by compressing the backup | ||
| - | * It is not documented (yet), but the [[https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/WSL/issues/1607|wsl --import]] command can directly import ''tar.gz'' files! | + | * It is not documented (yet), but the [[https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/WSL/issues/1607|wsl --import]] command (if you need to use it later) can directly import ''tar.gz'' files! |
| - | * <code>$ ls -lh /mnt/c/Scratch/your_login/WSL/WSL_Ubuntu_20.04.5_LTS_stdu_22-08-29.tar | + | * <code>$ ls -lh /mnt/c/Scratch/your_login/WSL/WSL_Ubuntu_20.04.5_LTS_stdu_22-10-27.tar |
| - | 1.4G Aug 29 17:49 /mnt/c/Scratch/your_login/WSL/WSL_Ubuntu_20.04.5_LTS_stdu_22-08-29.tar | + | 3.3G Oct 27 18:01 /mnt/c/Scratch/your_login/WSL/WSL_Ubuntu_20.04.5_LTS_stdu_22-10-27.tar |
| - | $ gzip /mnt/c/Scratch/your_login/WSL/WSL_Ubuntu_20.04.5_LTS_stdu_22-08-29.tar | + | $ gzip /mnt/c/Scratch/your_login/WSL/WSL_Ubuntu_20.04.5_LTS_stdu_22-10-27.tar |
| $ ls -lh /mnt/c/Scratch/your_login/WSL/WSL_Ubuntu_* | $ ls -lh /mnt/c/Scratch/your_login/WSL/WSL_Ubuntu_* | ||
| 549M Aug 29 17:49 /mnt/c/Scratch/your_login/WSL/WSL_Ubuntu_20.04.5_LTS_stdu_22-08-29.tar.gz | 549M Aug 29 17:49 /mnt/c/Scratch/your_login/WSL/WSL_Ubuntu_20.04.5_LTS_stdu_22-08-29.tar.gz | ||
| - | 548M Sep 14 16:18 /mnt/c/Scratch/your_login/WSL/WSL_Ubuntu_20.04.5_LTS_stdu_22-09-14.tar.gz</code> | + | 548M Sep 14 16:18 /mnt/c/Scratch/your_login/WSL/WSL_Ubuntu_20.04.5_LTS_stdu_22-09-14.tar.gz |
| + | 1.2G Sep 19 13:52 /mnt/c/Scratch/your_login/WSL/WSL_Ubuntu_20.04.5_LTS_stdu_22-09-19.tar.gz | ||
| + | 1.3G Oct 27 18:01 /mnt/c/Scratch/your_login/WSL/WSL_Ubuntu_20.04.5_LTS_stdu_22-10-27.tar.gz</code> | ||
| === Backup of specific directories === | === Backup of specific directories === | ||
other/win10wsl.txt · Last modified: 2023/12/06 13:24 by jypeter
