Importing a dumpfile

[Matthew Stuart]

Right having just got to grips with the mysqldump command, I would like 
to be able to know how to import the database back in to MySQL should 
anything happen to my PC.

Does mysqlimport have to be done in the command line window like 
mysqldump, and if so, how? It's just that I tried to import stating 
terminated, enclosed, escaped, etc and by the time I had come to list 
the db name to import in to and the path to the file I wish to import, 
the window wouldn't let me type anymore. Why? Did it get as bored as I 
did?

What syntax do you people out there use?

Mat