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[root@server blah]# mysqldump -uuser -ppass db > db.sql
Enter password: 
[root@server blah]# ls -hal
total 56M
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root 4.0K Feb  7 17:54 .
drwxr-x---  11 root root 4.0K Feb  7 17:54 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  55M Feb  7 17:55 ubb.sql
[root@server blah]# tar -cvpzf db.tgz ubb.sql 
ubb.sql
[root@server blah]# ls -hal
total 67M
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root 4.0K Feb  7 17:55 .
drwxr-x---  11 root root 4.0K Feb  7 17:54 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  12M Feb  7 17:56 db.tgz
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  55M Feb  7 17:55 ubb.sql

Well my 58mb database has shrank to 12mb with the compression; my UBB.Classic files where over 800mb though, as an example to how text compresses down when it's just text.

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