title: Best Way to to compress mysqldump?
body: <p>I have a large mysqldump file on my server and I want to import it to my PC using FTP and it is taking forever as it is a large file.</p>
  
  <p>I know there is a way to zip the contents of this file but I am not able to come-up with a precise command. What would be the best command to zip/compress a large mysqldump file? </p>
  
  <p>Let's say the file name is backup.sql and it is in the folder named 'backup'.</p>
  
  <p>Any help would be much much appreciated. Thank you in advance for your time.</p>