Title explains it, I got a new installation of Linux on WSL and it doesn't see existing directories on my laptop. I'm not sure what the issue is, I've tried what was on the net to assess the issue to no avail. All I can guess is a bad installation or me being a noob at Linux. Any help appreciated, below are the goods
Edit 1: The issue is I cannot access the directories of my windows drive, such as C:\Users\someuser\Documents seen in the below code. Using ls to find what directories the Linux system sees nothing came up even though I'm in my home directory
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:~$ which ls
/usr/bin/ls
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:~$ echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/mnt/c/Program Files/WindowsApps/CanonicalGroupLimited.UbuntuonWindows_2004.2021.825.0_x64__79rhkp1fndgsc:/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/NVIDIA Corporation/PhysX/Common:/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/Common Files/Oracle/Java/javapath:/mnt/c/Windows/system32:/mnt/c/Windows:/mnt/c/Windows/System32/Wbem:/mnt/c/Windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0/:/mnt/c/Windows/System32/OpenSSH/:/mnt/c/Program Files/NVIDIA Corporation/NVIDIA NvDLISR:/mnt/c/Program Files/MATLAB/R2021a/runtime/win64:/mnt/c/Program Files/MATLAB/R2021a/bin:/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/Windows Kits/8.1/Windows Performance Toolkit/:/mnt/c/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/Client SDK/ODBC/110/Tools/Binn/:/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft SQL Server/120/Tools/Binn/:/mnt/c/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/120/Tools/Binn/:/mnt/c/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/120/DTS/Binn/:/mnt/c/WINDOWS/system32:/mnt/c/WINDOWS:/mnt/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem:/mnt/c/WINDOWS/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0/:/mnt/c/WINDOWS/System32/OpenSSH/:/mnt/c/Program Files/Git/cmd:/mnt/c/Users/roman/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApps:/mnt/c/Users/roman/AppData/Local/GitHubDesktop/bin:/mnt/c/Users/roman/AppData/Local/atom/bin:/snap/bin
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:~$ ls
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:~$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
rootfs 459G 375G 85G 82% /
none 459G 375G 85G 82% /dev
none 459G 375G 85G 82% /run
none 459G 375G 85G 82% /run/lock
none 459G 375G 85G 82% /run/shm
none 459G 375G 85G 82% /run/user
tmpfs 459G 375G 85G 82% /sys/fs/cgroup
C:\ 459G 375G 85G 82% /mnt/c
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:~$ ls -la
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 1 roman roman 512 Feb 16 16:08 .
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 512 Feb 9 15:08 ..
-rw------- 1 roman roman 285 Feb 16 16:08 .bash_history
-rw-r--r-- 1 roman roman 220 Feb 9 15:08 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r-- 1 roman roman 3771 Feb 9 15:08 .bashrc
drwxr-xr-x 1 roman roman 512 Feb 9 15:08 .landscape
-rw-r--r-- 1 roman roman 0 Feb 16 15:46 .motd_shown
-rw-r--r-- 1 roman roman 807 Feb 9 15:08 .profile
-rw-r--r-- 1 roman roman 0 Feb 9 15:11 .sudo_as_admin_successful
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:~$ type ls
ls is aliased to `ls --color=auto'
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:~$ dir
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:~$ ls
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:~$ mkdir tmp
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:~$ cd
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:~$ cd tmp
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:~/tmp$ ls
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:~/tmp$ cd
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:~$ ls
tmp
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:~$ cd
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:~$ find
.
./.bashrc
./.bash_history
./.bash_logout
./.landscape
./.landscape/sysinfo.log
./.motd_shown
./.profile
./.sudo_as_admin_successful
./tmp
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:~$ ls
tmp
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:~$
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:~$ pwd
/home/roman
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:~$ cd ~/Documents
-bash: cd: /home/roman/Documents: No such file or directory
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:~$ cd ./Documents
-bash: cd: ./Documents: No such file or directory
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:~$ cd ~/.Documents
-bash: cd: /home/roman/.Documents: No such file or directory
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:~$ cd ./Documents
-bash: cd: ./Documents: No such file or directory
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:~$ ~/Documents
-bash: /home/roman/Documents: No such file or directory
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:~$ ~/Documents$
-bash: /home/roman/Documents$: No such file or directory
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:~$ ~/Documents$ find
-bash: /home/roman/Documents$: No such file or directory
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:~$ cd Documents
-bash: cd: Documents: No such file or directory
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:~$ tmp
Command 'tmp' not found, but there are 16 similar ones.
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:~$ cd
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:~$ cd /tmp
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:/tmp$ cd
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:~$ ./.Documents
-bash: ./.Documents: No such file or directory
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:~$
Edit 2: Code for 'mount' which shows all currently attached file systems according to this site
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:~$ mount
rootfs on / type wslfs (rw,noatime)
none on /dev type tmpfs (rw,noatime,mode=755)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,noatime,gid=5,mode=620)
none on /run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,noexec,noatime,mode=755)
none on /run/lock type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime)
none on /run/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime)
none on /run/user type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,mode=755)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,relatime)
tmpfs on /sys/fs/cgroup type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,mode=755)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/devices type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,devices)
C:\ on /mnt/c type drvfs (rw,noatime,uid=1000,gid=1000,case=off)
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:~$ mount -t ext4
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:~$
Edit 3: progress, found mounted filesystem called 'c' but files inside don't match up.
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:~$ /mnt
-bash: /mnt: Is a directory
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:~$ /mnt/c
-bash: /mnt/c: Is a directory
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:~$ cd /mnt/c
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:/mnt/c$ cd /users
-bash: cd: /users: No such file or directory
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:/mnt/c$ cd /Users
-bash: cd: /Users: No such file or directory
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:/mnt/c$ ls
ls: cannot access 'DumpStack.log.tmp': Permission denied
ls: cannot access 'hiberfil.sys': Permission denied
ls: cannot access 'pagefile.sys': Permission denied
ls: cannot access 'swapfile.sys': Permission denied
'$Recycle.Bin' ProgramData eula.3082.txt
'$WinREAgent' Recovery globdata.ini
Apps 'SOLIDWORKS Data' hiberfil.sys
Config.Msi 'SOLIDWORKS Data (2)' install.exe
Dell 'System Volume Information' install.ini
'Documents and Settings' Users install.res.1028.dll
Downloads VC_RED.MSI install.res.1031.dll
Drivers VC_RED.cab install.res.1033.dll
DumpStack.log Windows install.res.1036.dll
DumpStack.log.tmp cygwin64 install.res.1040.dll
Games dell.sdr install.res.1041.dll
Intel eula.1028.txt install.res.1042.dll
NvContainerRecoveryNVDisplay.ContainerLocalSystem.reg eula.1031.txt install.res.2052.dll
NvContainerRecoveryNvBroadcast.ContainerLocalSystem.reg eula.1033.txt install.res.3082.dll
NvContainerRecoveryNvContainerLocalSystem.reg eula.1036.txt pagefile.sys
OneDriveTemp eula.1040.txt swapfile.sys
PerfLogs eula.1041.txt temp
'Program Files' eula.1042.txt vcredist.bmp
'Program Files (x86)' eula.2052.txt
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:/mnt/c$ cd /Documents and Settings
-bash: cd: too many arguments
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:/mnt/c$ cd /Documents
-bash: cd: /Documents: No such file or directory
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:/mnt/c$ cd /Downloads
-bash: cd: /Downloads: No such file or directory
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:/mnt/c$ cd ./Downloads
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:/mnt/c/Downloads$ cd
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:~$ cd /mnt/c/.Documents
-bash: cd: /mnt/c/.Documents: No such file or directory
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:~$ cd /mnt/c
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:/mnt/c$ cd ./Documents
-bash: cd: ./Documents: No such file or directory
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:/mnt/c$ cd ./Documents and Settings
-bash: cd: too many arguments
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:/mnt/c$ cd ./Documents_and_Settings
-bash: cd: ./Documents_and_Settings: No such file or directory
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:/mnt/c$ cd ./Downloads
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:/mnt/c/Downloads$ ls
Updater_SA_Upgrade
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:/mnt/c/Downloads$ ls -la
total 0
drwxrwxrwx 1 roman roman 512 Apr 16 2020 .
drwxrwxrwx 1 roman roman 512 Feb 11 17:47 ..
drwxrwxrwx 1 roman roman 512 Apr 16 2020 Updater_SA_Upgrade
roman@DESKTOP-QKJTF3S:/mnt/c/Downloads$
