All posts tagged 'WSL'

• WSL
• Linux
• Automation
• Bash
• Windows

Last time, I automated my backup script with a cron job, but realized it still wasn't automated enough. So I had to automate the automation. Well, that's what I started doing, at least. Then I did something easier. Start cron service with Windows Task Scheduler Following this how to I scheduled a...

• WSL
• Linux
• Automation
• Bash
• Windows

In my previous entry, I detailed a simple Bash script I wrote to backup my WSL files. I noted that there was still one major problem with the setup — it wasn't automated. This post explains how I resolved that. My first attempt involved writing a cronjob. I'll summarize that attempt here. How to set...

• WSL
• Linux
• Automation
• Bash
• Windows

This is the first in a three part series detailing my setup for backing up WSL2 files. I'm sure it's not optimal, but it's been working for me so far. The Basic Script First, I started off by writing a simple bash script, based off of one found in this great article: Automatic Backups for WSL2. The...

• WSL
• Linux
• Automation
• Bash
• Windows

Not as easy as it sounds.