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Date:	Thu, 6 Feb 2014 15:56:16 +0400
From:	Andrey Repin <anrdaemon AT yandex DOT ru>
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To:	Robert Klemme <shortcutter AT googlemail DOT com>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: $PATH contains dot but unclear where it comes from
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Greetings, Robert Klemme!

> I should have mentioned that I did just that - to no avail.

> $ echo exit | bash --login -i -x 2>|log
> $ egrep -n 'PATH=(.:|.*:\.($|:))' log | head
> 1:+ PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/gnu/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:.
> 140:+++ PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/gnu/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:.:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin
> 145:+++ PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/gnu/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:.:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin
> 152:+++ PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/gnu/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:.:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin
> 159:+++ PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/gnu/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:.:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin
> 166:+++ PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/gnu/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:.:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin
> 171:+++ PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/gnu/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:.:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin
> 178:+++ PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/gnu/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:.:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin
> 183:+++ PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/gnu/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:.:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin
> 190:+++ PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/gnu/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:.:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin

> Also manual inspection does not show any line where the dot is
> introduced.  The first line with an assignment to PATH which contains
> the dot in the trace output is this one in /etc/profile:

> PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:${PATH}"

> In the trace (see above):

> + PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/gnu/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:.

> As you can see the dot is already there.  It seems it appears
> somewhere in the mintty launching process.

This seems much like you have an imposter somewhere in your system.
Please start cmd.exe alone, and do the following in order:

echo %PATH% > "%USERPROFILE%/bash-startup.log"
bash --login -x 2>&1 | tee -a "%USERPROFILE%/bash-startup.log"

Then check the logfile for issues.


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WBR,
Andrey Repin (anrdaemon AT yandex DOT ru) 06.02.2014, <14:43>

Sorry for my terrible english...


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