title: MySql - trying to import a database, get message 'The system cannot find the file specified.'
body: <p>I installed MySql 4.1(because that what is running on my server), I got a file that is a dump of my database.  It is about 4.6 GB.  </p>
  
  <p>I put that file in same location as MySql.exe lives <code>C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 4.1\bin</code>  </p>
  
  <p>Then I go to command line and type in: </p>
  
  <pre><code>mysql -h localhost -u root -p [database name] &lt; mysqlDump.sql
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I get message back  '<code>The system cannot find the file specified.'</code></p>
  
  <p>What file is it referring to? The mysqlDump.sql? </p>
  
  <p>Even when I specify the full path to the mySqlDump.sql file, I get the same message. </p>
  
  <pre><code>mysql -h localhost -u root -p [database name] &lt; C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 4.1\bin\mysqlDump.sql
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I'm running MySql 4.1 on Windows7 </p>
  
  <p><strong>update</strong> found out my mistake. My folder was hiding file extensions. Somehow when I saved the file on my machine I gave it an extra .sql extension. So the file had a name of mysqlDump.sql.sql </p>