Master change log file not found

General Discussion
1

Hello,
I am using Liquibase 4.23.2 on Windows.
Running the below and getting error:

C:\Biraja\Liquibase\changelogs>liquibase --defaultsFile=“C:\Biraja\Liquibase\liquibase-4.23.2\liquibase.properties” --changelog-file=“C:\Biraja\Liquibase\changelogs\change_master.xml” updateSQL

Starting Liquibase at 15:00:39 (version 4.23.2 #13458 built at 2023-09-11 22:00+0000)
Liquibase Version: 4.23.2
Liquibase Open Source 4.23.2 by Liquibase
– Create Database Lock Table
CREATE TABLE …
…
…

Unexpected error running Liquibase: The file C:\Biraja\Liquibase\changelogs\change_master.xml was not found in the configured search path:
- C:\Biraja\Liquibase\changelogs
- C:\Biraja\Liquibase\liquibase-4.23.2\internal\lib\liquibase-core.jar
- C:\Biraja\Liquibase\liquibase-4.23.2\lib\ojdbc8.jar
- C:\Biraja\Liquibase\liquibase-4.23.2\lib
…
…

The file is present in the mentioned location. Not sure why the error.

C:\Biraja\Liquibase\changelogs>dir
Volume in drive C is OSDisk

Directory of C:\Biraja\Liquibase\changelogs

09/25/2023 02:36 PM .
09/25/2023 02:05 PM …
09/25/2023 09:05 AM 1,341 changelog_00001_setup_tab1.xml
09/25/2023 02:13 PM 466 change_master.xml

I am new to Liquibase. So request your help. Thank You.

2

I think these pages will help:

https://docs.liquibase.com/concepts/changelogs/how-liquibase-finds-files.html

Since the search-path already includes C:\Biraja\Liquibase\changelogs (current working directory) you just need to set changelog-file to "change_master.xml”

3

Thank You. that worked. Only thing I am wondering is… there is no way to explicitely provide the full path of the change_master.xml file?

4

Thank You. that worked. Only thing I am wondering is… there is no way to explicitely provide the full path of the change_master.xml file?

5

If you set search-path/classpath to “/” , this will set Liquibase to the Pre4.0 behavior, which will allow an absolute path.