Unable to import from root of drive

[SkaryMonk]

I keep my comics in publisher folders in the root of my b: drive. Using the Admin > Import comics function, no comics are found if I use "b:" as the address, except for ones in the recycle bin. If I use "b:\215 INK" (or another publisher), the files are detected just fine.

I'm not entirely sure if the problem is that ComiXed can't add recursively from the root of a drive or if it's choking on something in the recycle bin. Here is what I think is the relevant output, but there's a bunch more Java stuff:

2020-03-13 12:08:07.866  INFO 18564 --- [nio-7171-exec-5] o.c.controller.file.FileController       : Getting all comic files: root=b:\
2020-03-13 12:08:07.867 DEBUG 18564 --- [nio-7171-exec-5] org.comixed.service.file.FileService     : Getting comics below root: b:\
2020-03-13 12:08:07.867 DEBUG 18564 --- [nio-7171-exec-5] org.comixed.service.file.FileService     : Loading files in directory: b:\
2020-03-13 12:08:07.868 DEBUG 18564 --- [nio-7171-exec-5] org.comixed.service.file.FileService     : Loading files in directory: b:\$RECYCLE.BIN
2020-03-13 12:08:07.868 DEBUG 18564 --- [nio-7171-exec-5] org.comixed.service.file.FileService     : Loading files in directory: b:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-1-5-21-1296877425-985684126-905673246-1001
2020-03-13 12:08:07.870 DEBUG 18564 --- [nio-7171-exec-5] org.comixed.utils.ComicFileUtils         : Is desktop.ini a comic? No
2020-03-13 12:08:07.870 DEBUG 18564 --- [nio-7171-exec-5] org.comixed.service.file.FileService     : Loading files in directory: b:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-1-5-21-1296877425-985684126-905673246-1003
2020-03-13 12:08:07.871 ERROR 18564 --- [nio-7171-exec-1] o.a.c.c.C.[.[.[/].[dispatcherServlet]    : Servlet.service() for servlet [dispatcherServlet] in context with path [] threw exception

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Go to 'Admin > Import Comics'
2. Enter 'b:' as path (and have comics there)
3. Click "Find comics"
4. Notice the 0 comics found

Expected behavior
All comics in all folders should be found.

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• ComiXed version 0.6.0-0
• OS: Windows 10
• Browser name: Firefox
• Browser version 73.0

ComiXed Build Detail
Source Branch | develop
Build Hostname | Pickled-Punk
Built On | Mar 2, 2020, 8:36:32 AM
Version | 0.6.0-0
Commit Hash | 9de3f4f
Committer Name | Darryl L. Pierce (mcpierce@gmail.com)
Time Of Last Commit | Mar 2, 2020, 12:21:34 AM
Commit Message | Squashed commit of the following:
Built From Uncommitted Code? | false
Remote Origin | https://github.com/comixed/comixed.git

[mcpierce]

@SkaryMonk CX handles searching recursively for comics in a directory tree, starting from the directory provided.

B: (without the backslash) doesn't point to the root of the drive, however. Instead it points to the current subdirectory being accessed on that drive by Windows. And in this case it appears to be the Recycle Bin directory on your system.

B:\ (with the backslash) is the root drive, and will tell CX to scan the entire drive for comic files. If you enter that then CX should find everything on the B: drive.

[SkaryMonk]

Sorry, I mistyped, I think, and I should definitely mentioned that I've tried both options, and they both give the same result: "Failed to find any files".

If I enter "b:\" (with quotes), it says "Found 0 comics files", but that might be completely unrelated.

[mcpierce]

@SkaryMonk Don't add the double quotes. Try B:/ instead.

[SkaryMonk]

B:/ (both upper and lower case) yields the same result: "Failed to find any files".

Forward slashes does work when I specify a publisher folder, though (e.g. B:/215 INK/).

[mcpierce]

@SkaryMonk Had a chance to start looking at this issue on a Windows machine.

It's always dying with a NullPointerException inside the Recycle Bin directory. There's at least one entry (on my system it's a file named "c:$Recycle.Bin\S-1-5-18" that is a directory according to Java but which returns null when retrieving the list of files in it. So I think I have a solution to fix this and will push an update for it shortly. If you could verify it (it'll be v0.5.2-1) solves the problem, please close this ticket.

[SkaryMonk]

Confirmed solved! Great work!