Importing .sql file on windows to postgresql

Question

I have a .sql file that was created by postgresql a while back. I now want to import this file onto a windows machine running postgresql.

How do I do this. The file

Answer 1

command prompt

open your cmd window and type the following (make sure the path of postgres is correct)

."C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.4\bin\psql.exe" -h 127.0.0.1 -p 5432 -U postgres -d dbname <./query.sql