Add support for Windows apps referenced by their WSL paths

index.js

@@ -1,8 +1,19 @@
 'use strict';
 const path = require('path');
 const childProcess = require('child_process');
+const util = require('util');
 const isWsl = require('is-wsl');
 
+const pExecFile = util.promisify(childProcess.execFile);
+
+// Converts a path from WSL format to Windows format
+// e.g. /mnt/c/Program Files/Example/MyApp.exe
+//   => C:\Program Files\Example\MyApp.exe
+const wslToWindowsPath = async path => {
+	const {stdout} = await pExecFile('wslpath', ['-w', path]);
+	return stdout.trim();
+};
+
 module.exports = async (target, options) => {
 	if (typeof target !== 'string') {
 		throw new TypeError('Expected a `target`');
@@ -43,6 +54,11 @@ module.exports = async (target, options) => {
 		}
 
 		if (options.app) {
+			if (isWsl && options.app.startsWith('/mnt/')) {
+				const winPath = await wslToWindowsPath(options.app);
+				options.app = winPath;
+			}
+
 			cliArguments.push(options.app);
 		}
 

readme.md

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ If need this for Electron, use [`shell.openItem()`](https://electronjs.org/docs/
 - Safer as it uses `spawn` instead of `exec`.
 - Fixes most of the open `node-open` issues.
 - Includes the latest [`xdg-open` script](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils/commit/?id=c55122295c2a480fa721a9614f0e2d42b2949c18) for Linux.
+- Supports WSL paths to Windows apps under `/mnt/*`.
 
 
 ## Install
@@ -81,6 +82,8 @@ Specify the app to open the `target` with, or an array with the app and app argu
 
 The app name is platform dependent. Don't hard code it in reusable modules. For example, Chrome is `google chrome` on macOS, `google-chrome` on Linux and `chrome` on Windows.
 
+You may also pass in the app's full path. For example on WSL, this can be `/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe` for the Windows installation of Chrome.
+
 
 ## Related
 

test.js

@@ -4,13 +4,17 @@ import open from '.';
 
 let chromeName;
 let firefoxName;
+let chromeWslName;
+let firefoxWslName;
 
 if (process.platform === 'darwin') {
 	chromeName = 'google chrome canary';
 	firefoxName = 'firefox';
 } else if (process.platform === 'win32' || isWsl) {
 	chromeName = 'Chrome';
 	firefoxName = 'C:\\Program Files\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe';
+	chromeWslName = '/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe';
+	firefoxWslName = '/mnt/c/Program Files/Mozilla Firefox/firefox.exe';
 } else if (process.platform === 'linux') {
 	chromeName = 'google-chrome';
 	firefoxName = 'firefox';
@@ -45,3 +49,13 @@ test('return the child process when called', async t => {
 	const cp = await open('index.js');
 	t.true('stdout' in cp);
 });
+
+if (isWsl) {
+	test('open url in specified windows app given a wsl path to the app', async () => {
+		await open('http://sindresorhus.com', {app: firefoxWslName});
+	});
+
+	test('open url in specified windows app with arguments given a wsl path to the app', async () => {
+		await open('http://sindresorhus.com', {app: [chromeWslName, '--incognito']});
+	});
+}