standalone.md

@@ -72,14 +72,22 @@ About composer: Presumably we will want a composer template, so that people can
 
 ### Initialize the database using GenCode
 
-* Run `( cd vendor/civicrm/civicrm-core/xml && php GenCode.php 0 0 Standalone; )` (The brackets mean it runs in a subshell so doesn't change your working directory.)
-* Then you can use the civicrm.mysql and civicrm_data.mysql files in `vendor/civicrm/civicrm-core/sql` (or if you want sample data you can use civicrm_generated.mysql instead of civicrm_data.mysql).
+Run the following shell command. (The brackets mean it runs in a subshell so doesn't change your working directory.)
+
+```
+( cd vendor/civicrm/civicrm-core/xml && php GenCode.php 0 0 Standalone; )
+```
+
+Then you can use the civicrm.mysql (schema) and civicrm_data.mysql (base data) files in `vendor/civicrm/civicrm-core/sql` (or if you want sample data you can use civicrm_generated.mysql instead of civicrm_data.mysql).
+
+The following assumes you have stored credentials for mysql set up in your `~/.my.cnf` file. If not, you'll need to add `-u <user> -p <pass>` arguments to the `mysql` commands below.
 
 Example:
 
 ```
-cat vendor/civicrm/civicrm-core/sql/civicrm.mysql | mysql -u civitest -p civitest
-cat vendor/civicrm/civicrm-core/sql/civicrm_data.mysql | mysql -u civitest -p civitest 
+mysql -e "CREATE DATABASE standalone_civicrm;"
+mysql standalone_civicrm < vendor/civicrm/civicrm-core/sql/civicrm.mysql
+mysql standalone_civicrm < vendor/civicrm/civicrm-core/sql/civicrm_Data.mysql
 ```
 
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