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Subject:	Re: $PATH contains dot but unclear where it comes from
From:	Robert Klemme <shortcutter AT googlemail DOT com>
To:	moss AT cs DOT umass DOT edu, cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 5:06 PM, Eliot Moss <moss AT cs DOT umass DOT edu> wrote:
> As others have said, cygwin does not add . to the path
> itself.  It must be something in your .bash_profile,
> .bashrc, or other script sourced from them.
>
> Going through the output of your login with tracing
> enabled, as previously described, really is a straightforward
> way to track this down ...

You are right - that's why I did that already.  You would have found
out by reading earlier emails. But to no avail.  As I have written
already the very first line of the log looks like this

+ PATH='/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/cygdrive/c/PROGRAM FILES (X86)/NVIDIA
CORPORATION/PHYSX/COMMON:/cygdrive/c/PROGRAM FILES (X86)/INTEL/ICLS
CLIENT:/cygdrive/c/PROGRAM FILES/INTEL/ICLS CLIENT:/cygdrive/c/PROGRAM
FILES (X86)/RSA SECURID TOKEN COMMON:/cygdrive/c/PROGRAM FILES/COMMON
FILES/MICROSOFT SHARED/WINDOWS LIVE:/cygdrive/c/PROGRAM FILES
(X86)/COMMON FILES/MICROSOFT SHARED/WINDOWS
LIVE:/cygdrive/c/Windows/SYSTEM32:/cygdrive/c/Windows:/cygdrive/c/Windows/SYSTEM32/WBEM:/cygdrive/c/Windows/SYSTEM32/WINDOWSPOWERSHELL/V1.0:/cygdrive/c/PROGRAM
FILES/DELL/DELL DATA PROTECTION/ACCESS/ADVANCED/WAVE/GEMALTO/ACCESS
CLIENT/V5:/cygdrive/c/PROGRAM FILES (X86)/NTRU CRYPTOSYSTEMS/NTRU TCG
SOFTWARE STACK/BIN:/cygdrive/c/PROGRAM FILES/NTRU CRYPTOSYSTEMS/NTRU
TCG SOFTWARE STACK/BIN:/cygdrive/c/PROGRAM FILES (X86)/WINDOWS
LIVE/SHARED:/cygdrive/c/PROGRAM FILES/INTEL/INTEL(R) MANAGEMENT ENGINE
COMPONENTS/DAL:/cygdrive/c/PROGRAM FILES/INTEL/INTEL(R) MANAGEMENT
ENGINE COMPONENTS/IPT:/cygdrive/c/PROGRAM FILES (X86)/INTEL/INTEL(R)
MANAGEMENT ENGINE COMPONENTS/DAL:/cygdrive/c/PROGRAM FILES
(X86)/INTEL/INTEL(R) MANAGEMENT ENGINE
COMPONENTS/IPT:/cygdrive/c/Program Files/WIDCOMM/Bluetooth
Software:/cygdrive/c/Program Files/WIDCOMM/Bluetooth
Software/syswow64:/cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/Intel/OpenCL
SDK/2.0/bin/x86:/cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/Intel/OpenCL
SDK/2.0/bin/x64:/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Intel/Intel(R) Management
Engine Components/DAL:/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Intel/Intel(R)
Management Engine Components/IPT:/cygdrive/c/Program Files
(x86)/Intel/Intel(R) Management Engine
Components/DAL:/cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/Intel/Intel(R)
Management Engine Components/IPT:/cygdrive/c/Program
Files/Intel/WiFi/bin:/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Common
Files/Intel/WirelessCommon:/cygdrive/c/Users/rklemme/Applications/SysinternalsSuite:.'

It's from /etc/profile and the line looks like this

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

The dot is already in the variable before bash even modifies it.

Cheers

robert

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