CQRLOG had been working fine but today I get an error with mySQL when I start.

here is the output of cqrlog -debug=1

Cqrlog Ver:2.3.0 (001) Date:2018-06-17
**** DEBUG LEVEL 1 ****

SSL libraries:
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libssl.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypto.so.1.0.0
Loading libmysqlclient: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmysqlclient.so.20
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MySQL version: 5.7
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MySQL version assigned: 5.7
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Loaded 132665 LoTW users
Loaded 124677 eQSL users
Loaded 37246 SCP calls
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User home directory: /home/kenny/
Program home directory: /home/kenny/.config/cqrlog/
Data directory: /home/kenny/.config/cqrlog/database/
Memebers directory: /home/kenny/.config/cqrlog/members/
ZIP code directory: /usr/share/cqrlog/zipcodes/
Binary dir: /usr/bin/
Share dir: /usr/share/cqrlog/
TConnection to MySQL: 5.7
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56 us states loaded
/usr/sbin/mysqld --defaults-file=/home/kenny/.config/cqrlog/database/mysql.cnf --datadir=/home/kenny/.config/cqrlog/database/ --socket=/home/kenny/.config/cqrlog/database/sock --port=64000
Trying to connect to database
mysqld: Error on realpath() on '/var/lib/mysql-files' (Error 2 - No such file or directory)
2019-08-29T01:46:13.615402Z 0 [Warning] Changed limits: max_open_files: 1024 (requested 5000)
2019-08-29T01:46:13.615467Z 0 [Warning] Changed limits: max_connections: 214 (requested 256)
2019-08-29T01:46:13.779643Z 0 [Warning] The syntax '--log_warnings/-W' is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Please use '--log_error_verbosity' instead.
2019-08-29T01:46:13.779687Z 0 [Warning] TIMESTAMP with implicit DEFAULT value is deprecated. Please use --explicit_defaults_for_timestamp server option (see documentation for more details).
2019-08-29T01:46:13.779775Z 0 [ERROR] Failed to access directory for --secure-file-priv. Please make sure that directory exists and is accessible by MySQL Server. Supplied value : /var/lib/mysql-files
2019-08-29T01:46:13.779801Z 0 [ERROR] Aborting

2019-08-29T01:46:13.779817Z 0 [Note] Binlog end
TMySQL57Connection : Server connect failed.
Trying:1
Trying to connect to database
TMySQL57Connection : Server connect failed.
Trying:2
Trying to connect to database
TMySQL57Connection : Server connect failed.
Trying:3
Trying to connect to database
TMySQL57Connection : Server connect failed.
Trying:4
Trying to connect to database
TMySQL57Connection : Server connect failed.
Trying:5
Trying to connect to database
TMySQL57Connection : Server connect failed.
Trying:6
Trying to connect to database
TMySQL57Connection : Server connect failed.
Trying:7
Trying to connect to database
TMySQL57Connection : Server connect failed.
Trying:8
Closing DXCluster window
Closing TRXControl window
Closing GrayLine window
Closing dDXCC
Closing dData
Closing ini file ...

any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Kenny
KB9TT