folders on the C root directory return an exception

[visccyberacct]

Describe the bug
I attempted to run dependency-check on a folder that installs in C:. I reconfirmed this by trying to also scan Program Files with the same exception being thrown. I am unable to generate a log file, I received the same error.

Version of dependency-check used
The problem occurs using version 11.1.0 of the cli (cli, gradle plugin, maven plugin, etc.)

Log file
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To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
Run dependency-check on a folder in the root C:\ directory

Expected behavior
Previous version of dependency-check did not throw an exception when scanning a root directory folder.

Additional context
Add any other context about the problem here.

[jeremylong]

consider escaping the command line argument - like one would need to do for anything containing spaces. Also, using forward slashes helps. Hopefully I get this right; I'm not often on a windows box:

dependency-check -o c:/Program\ Files/

[cbgabriel]

Can confirm similar error when scanning files that install off the root of C: on Windows. Using quotes or escape characters still gives the same error with basedir does not exist.

[jeremylong]

@cbgabriel see #7152 (comment)

[cbgabriel]

@cbgabriel see #7152 (comment)

[jeremylong]

``` dir c:\test ``` Shows what?

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[cbgabriel]

dir c:\test Shows what?

Directory exists and contains application files. Using quotes or escape characters scans folders in locations within "Program Files\test", "Program Files (x86)\test", etc. works fine but trying to scan anything directly off the root of the C:\ even if the folder path does not have a space gives the basedir error.

[jeremylong]

Can you run ODC again but add the --log debug.log option and then post the debug log? I'm specifically looking for the debug lines from:

            LOGGER.debug("BaseDir: " + baseDir);
            LOGGER.debug("Include: " + include);

[cbgabriel]

@jeremylong

DEBUG - Scanning C:/test
2025-01-12 10:07:05,651 org.owasp.dependencycheck.App:380
DEBUG - BaseDir: C:test
2025-01-12 10:07:05,653 org.owasp.dependencycheck.App:381
DEBUG - Include: **/*