How do I load a sql.gz file to my database? (importing)

Question

is this right?

mysql -uroot -ppassword mydb < myfile.sql.gz

Answer 1

For Generating dbName.sql.gz

mysqldump -u  -p  | gzip > ~/mysqlBackup/dbName_`date +%Y%m%d%H%M`.sql.gz

For Loading dbName.sql.gz

zcat ~/mysqlBackup/<.SQL.GZ file> | mysql -u  -p