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 #### Starting MySQL
 
-First you need to create a file under a `/my/path/` directory (you can name it the way you want, for example `init.sql`), with the following content:
+First you need to create a file under a `/my/path/mysql-init` directory (you can name it the way you want, for example `init.sql`), with the following content:
 
 ```sql
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