Lxss folder does not update FS properly

[kjhoerr]

I discovered this when trying to use Git with BOW and accessing the repository from IntelliJ, as a Windows application. Modifying files from Windows using C:\Users{user}\AppData\Local\lxss\ is buggy:

As you can see, saving b.txt in Windows doesn't even make it appear on the Bash side. If I try to write to that filename from Bash, all it gives is an I/O error.

Using /mnt/c/ in Bash rather than using C:\Users{user}\AppData\Local\lxss\ in Windows seems to actually work. There's an issue with Powershell using direct I/O (modifying a.txt and c.txt in the example), but that's a different bug entirely, as it still exists in /mnt/c, and Command Prompt does not have the same issue..

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.14393]

To reproduce:

1. write a file to a path on 'C:\Users{user}\AppData\Local\lxss':
   PS C:\Users\{user}\AppData\Local\lxss\home\{user}> echo "Hello, World!" > file.txt
2. Open BOW to the same location and attempt to write to the same location:
   {user}@{hostname}:~$ echo "hello" > file.txt
3. BOW will produce the following error:
   -bash: file.txt: Input/output error

strace gives no extra information.

I remedied my own issue by using Git in the /mnt/c/ directory instead.

[fpqc]

Known issue, by design. Do not enter %localappdata%\lxss unless you know what you are doing.
It was hidden for a reason.
Touching anything with the wrong tools will break it.

Things you can do safely: Read/move/rename files
Things you cannot do safely: Create/edit/copy files

And never do anything while bash is running.

[kjhoerr]

Okay. I didn't consider using /mnt/c/ whatever reason, and ~lxss was the only other solution that I could find online. All things considered, it's a non-issue.

Thank you! You can close this if you want.

[fpqc]

You can close it too!!