Import SQL file into mysql

Question

I have a database called nitm. I haven\'t created any tables there. But I have a SQL file which contains all the necessary data for the database. The file is

Answer 1

mysql>c:/nitm.sql;

That would write the output of the mysql command to 'nitm.sql;' (What's the ';' supposed to do?) Assuming you've got a copy of the original file (before you overwrote it) then:

mysql < c:/nitm.sql