# Master change log file not found

**URL:** <https://forum.liquibase.org/t/master-change-log-file-not-found/8691>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [September 25, 2023, 9:33am UTC](https://forum.liquibase.org/t/master-change-log-file-not-found/8691 "2023-09-25T09:33:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![birajasahoo7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/da6949/32.png) [@birajasahoo7](https://forum.liquibase.org/u/birajasahoo7)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 9:33am UTC](https://forum.liquibase.org/t/master-change-log-file-not-found/8691/1 "2023-09-25T09:33:02Z")

</div>

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.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![daryldoak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.liquibase.org/daryldoak/32/764_2.png) [@daryldoak](https://forum.liquibase.org/u/daryldoak)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 1:39pm UTC](https://forum.liquibase.org/t/master-change-log-file-not-found/8691/2 "2023-09-25T13:39:55Z")

</div>

I think these pages will help:

[https://docs.liquibase.com/concepts/changelogs/how-liquibase-finds-files.html](https://docs.liquibase.com/concepts/changelogs/how-liquibase-finds-files.html)

> **[search-path](https://docs.liquibase.com/parameters/search-path.html)**
>
> Reference information for the search-path argument. The search-path argument specifies a complete list of location(s) to search for files like changelogs. You can specify multiple paths by separating them with commas. search-path is only used to read...

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

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![birajasahoo7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/da6949/32.png) [@birajasahoo7](https://forum.liquibase.org/u/birajasahoo7)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.liquibase.org/t/master-change-log-file-not-found/8691/3 "2023-09-25T14:04:37Z")

</div>

> [@birajasahoo7](#):
>
> 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

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?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![birajasahoo7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/da6949/32.png) [@birajasahoo7](https://forum.liquibase.org/u/birajasahoo7)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 2:05pm UTC](https://forum.liquibase.org/t/master-change-log-file-not-found/8691/4 "2023-09-25T14:05:37Z")

</div>

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?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![daryldoak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.liquibase.org/daryldoak/32/764_2.png) [@daryldoak](https://forum.liquibase.org/u/daryldoak)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.liquibase.org/t/master-change-log-file-not-found/8691/5 "2023-09-25T14:08:11Z")

</div>

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