Tom installs and uses Edge DX to monitor his WSL Linux instance and explains how to access files from and to Windows systems.

You can access Linux and Windows files through Windows Explorer and WSL Linux shell windows. You can run Windows commands from Linux by simply appending ".exe" to them.

Windows assigns a unique drive letter to each partition, and users can access those file systems through a file manager such as Windows Explorer or any other application.

Linux Can Access Windows Files, but It's Not Ideal Technically, you can move files around in a Linux-Windows dual boot system, but it’s not optimal.

If you need the means to monitor data integrity on your Linux servers, Tripwire is the tool for the task. Here's how to install and configure this handy open source software.