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 (anrdae...@yandex.ru) 06.02.2014, <14:43>
Sorry for my terrible english...
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