Add wsl-dist-update

Author: sirredbeard

.gitignore

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-*.exe
+*.exe
+/bin/

README.md

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 ## wslctl
 
-Allows WSL distros to be started on launch. The syntax follows that of systemctl:
+Allows WSL distros to be started on Windows startup. The syntax follows that of systemctl:
 
-```
-wslctl enable pengwin
-wslctl disable pengwin
-wslctl restart pengwin
-```
+`wslctl enable pengwin`
+
+`wslctl disable pengwin`
+
+`wslctl restart pengwin`
+
+## wsl-dist-update
+
+Run package updates on all installed WSL distros. Tested on: Pengwin, Fedora Remix for WSL, Ubuntu, Debian, openSUSE Tumbleweed, ArchWSL, Oracle Linux, and the WSL.
+
+wsl-dist-update can optionally additionally update the WSL system distro by passing the `--system` option.
+
+To run wsl-dist-update as a service, copy wsl-dist-update.exe to a permanent location and run wsl-dist-update-sched.ps1, modifying the path to the .exe as needed.
 
 ## wsl-reset
 
-A troubleshooting utility that resets WSL to various degrees.
+A troubleshooting utility that resets the WSL 2 stack to various degrees.
 
-`wsl-reset --reset` - shuts down WSL, resets the WSL service, and installs any WSL updates, if available
+`wsl-reset --reset` - Shuts down WSL, resets the WSL service, and installs any WSL updates, if available.
 
-`wsl-reset --hard-reset` - shuts down WSL, stops the WSL service, uninstalls WSL, and re-installs WSL
+`wsl-reset --hard-reset` - Shuts down WSL, stops the WSL service, uninstalls WSL, and re-installs WSL.
 
-`wsl-reset --destrutive-reset` - shuts down WSL, restarts the WSL service, **unregisters all WSL distros**, stops the WSL service, uninstalls WSL, and re-installs WSL
+`wsl-reset --destrutive-reset` - Shuts down WSL, restarts the WSL service, **unregisters all WSL distros**, stops the WSL service, uninstalls WSL, and re-installs WSL.
 
 ## sysdistrowt
 
 Adds the WSL System Distro (CBL-Mariner) to the Windows Terminal and/or Windows Terminal Preview profiles, for easier debugging.
 
-### Misc
+## build-wslinternals
 
- /prompts folder contains example AI prompts used to generate the first draft of these scripts, the final scripts got hand polished, but they are there to see.
+Builds wslinternals PowerShell scripts to .exe files using ps2exe. Requires PowerShell 5.

build-wslinternals.ps1

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+# Install ps2exe module if not already installed
+if (-not (Get-Module -Name ps2exe -ListAvailable)) {
+    Install-Module -Name ps2exe -Scope CurrentUser -Force
+}
+
+# Create /bin/ subdirectory if it does not exist
+if (-not (Test-Path -Path ".\bin\" -PathType Container)) {
+    New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path ".\bin\"
+}
+
+# Get list of .ps1 files in current directory
+$ps1Files = Get-ChildItem -Path . -Filter *.ps1
+
+# Loop through each .ps1 file and convert to .exe using ps2exe
+foreach ($ps1File in $ps1Files) {
+    $exeFile = ".\bin\" + $ps1File.Name.Replace(".ps1", ".exe")
+    ps2exe -inputFile $ps1File.FullName -outputFile $exeFile
+}

prompts/list-wsl-prompt.txt

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+# Define variables
+$taskName = "WSL Distro Automatic Update"
+$taskDescription = "Runs wsl-dist-update.exe 10 minutes after Windows boots"
+$executablePath = "wsl-dist-update.exe"
+$arguments = "--system"
+
+# Create scheduled task
+$action = New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute $executablePath -Argument $arguments
+$trigger = New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -AtStartup -Delay 10m
+$settings = New-ScheduledTaskSettingsSet -AllowStartIfOnBatteries -DontStopIfGoingOnBatteries
+Register-ScheduledTask -TaskName $taskName -Description $taskDescription -Action $action -Trigger $trigger -Settings $settings -RunLevel Highest -Force
+
+# Run scheduled task in the background
+Start-ScheduledTask -TaskName $taskName

prompts/sysdistrowt-prompt.txt

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+# Get list of installed WSL distros from registry
+$distros = Get-ChildItem "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Lxss" | ForEach-Object { $_.GetValue("DistributionName") }
+
+# Loop through each distro and get ID_LIKE variable from /etc/os-release using wsl.exe
+$results = foreach ($distro in $distros) {
+    $osReleasePath = "\\wsl$\$distro\etc\os-release"
+    #$idLike = (wsl.exe -d $distro cat /etc/os-release | Select-String "^ID_LIKE=").ToString().Split("=")[1]
+    $id = (wsl.exe -d $distro cat /etc/os-release | Select-String "^ID=").ToString().Split("=")[1]
+    Write-Host "Updating $distro"
+    switch -Wildcard ($id) {
+        "*debian*" {
+            wsl.exe -d $distro -u root apt-get update > $null
+            wsl.exe -d $distro -u root apt-get upgrade -y > $null
+        }
+        "*ubuntu*" {
+            wsl.exe -d $distro -u root apt-get update > $null
+            wsl.exe -d $distro -u root apt-get upgrade -y > $null
+        }
+        "*fedora*" {
+            wsl.exe -d $distro -u root dnf update -y > $null
+        }
+        "*rhel*" {
+            wsl.exe -d $distro -u root dnf update -y > $null
+        }
+        "*suse*" {
+            wsl.exe -d $distro -u root zypper dup -y > $null
+        }
+        "*arch*" {
+            wsl.exe -d $distro -u root pacman -Syu --noconfirm > $null
+        }
+    }
+    [PSCustomObject]@{
+        DistroName = $distro
+        ID_LIKE = $idLike
+    }
+}
+
+# Update WSL System Distro if --system flag is passed
+if ($args.Contains("--system")) {
+    Write-Host "Updating WSL System Distro"
+    wsl.exe -u root --system tdnf update -y > $null
+}