3150046 - SAP Cloud Connector fails to start: #getAuditLogPath failed - fallback to default path

• SAP Cloud Connector(SCC) fails to start, and following error is perceived from its trace (ljs_trace.log or scc_core.trc):
  
  java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component
     [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[]]
  Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: while trying to invoke the method java.io.File.equals(java.lang.Object) of a null object returned from java.io.File.getParentFile()   
     #com.sap.scc.config#Thread-4#
     #getAuditLogPath failed - fallback to default path

SAP Cloud Connector release independent

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