CREATE DATABASE question.

I have an sql file that doesn' t work properly when I do: psql <
mysql.sql .  I cannot get it to connect to the database.

Here what I'd like it to do:

CREATE DATABASE testdb;
\c testdb;
CREATE TABLE tableTest(var varchar);

But I get an error on the second line about an invalid character.  Is
it even possible to connect to a different db when giving an sql file
to psql to process?

regards,