WSLGSU(1)

📦 version 4.1.4, in alpine 3.24

🎀 wslgsu — a little slice of the WSL Utilities fam 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to wslgsu(1), one of the iconic little tools that ships in the WSL Utilities User Manual crew. she's small, she's useful, and she's about to make your WSL life so much easier. iykyk ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

wslgsu — Component of WSL Utilities. that's literally her whole job description and honestly? she delivers. 🫶

⭐ SYNOSIS ⭐

(yes that's how it's spelled in the original, i'm not fixing it, it's part of the lore now 💀)

wslgsu [-u USERNAME] [-n NAME] [-S]

wslgsu [-hv] SERVICE/COMMAND

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so here's the tea ☕ — this tool lets you generate a WSL startup Task using the Windows Task Scheduler. that's it, that's the whole vibe. you want your stuff to fire up automatically when WSL starts? she's your girl. no cap. 🔥

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -h, --help — prints a simple help. short, sweet, to the point. when you're lost, she's got you 🧚
  • -v, --version — prints the current version. gotta know which era of the tool you're living in 💫
  • -u, --username USERNAME — use a separate user to execute the command/service. by default it's root. yes, root. no, i'm not kidding. 👑
  • -n, --name NAME — adds an explicit name instead of the default of automatically extracting a name from the service/command. so if the auto-name is giving chaos energy, you can just name her yourself 🎀
  • -S, --service — using this option means you are adding a system service. without -S, you are adding a command to system. pick your fighter 💅
ngl the big one to remember: -S = system service, no -S = plain old command. don't mix them up bestie 😭

🦋 AUTHOR 🦋

Created by Patrick Wu <me@patrickwu.space> — absolute icon, we stan 🌈

🙈 REPORTING BUGS 🙈

Report bugs to <https://github.com/wslutilities/wslu/issues> — yes, the whole URL, please click it, please be nice in the issue 🫶

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3 or (at your option) any later version. There is NO warranty; not even MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

fr fr — free as in freedom, and no cap on the no-warranty part. she's doing her best but she promises nothing legally 🔥💀

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

  • wslu(7) — go read the big one, she's the main character of this whole universe 🌸

and that's a wrap, bestie!! 🎀 this page is from version 4.1.4-1, dated 2026-05-01, and it's your very own WSLGSU(1) manual. now go schedule some startup tasks and slay 💜✨

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