wiex

wiex: Windows Invoke Expression for WSL2

wiex invokes given windows .exe command by expanding $PATH with $WIEX_PATH

Motivation

• If WSL2 appendWindowsPath interop option was enabled, PATH exploring failed with lack of access privileges for Windows system folders. This is reason for usability.
• If Windows binary PATH is added to Linux $PATH, and same name command is in $PATH, it depends on $PATH order which command is called. This is reason for safety.

Example

$ export WIEX_PATH=/mnt/c/Users/alice/.cargo/bin
$ wiex cargo.exe --version
cargo 1.51.0 (43b129a20 2021-03-16)

Installation

$ npm install -g wiex

Usage

wiex [wiex options] [.exe command] [.exe options]

To see options, run $ wiex --help

Roadmap

• [ ] distribute binary built by rust implementation
• [ ] easy installation script

License

MIT