SysAdminGear

You can get mysql dump in .sql format, just read it:

Go to /var/lib/mysql:
# cd /var/lib/mysql

Search for the database that you want:
# ls -l grep database_name

Dump it:
# mysqldump database_name > database.sql

If you want to restore on the same or other server:
# cd /var/lib/mysql

Check the database name where you want to restore the mysqldump:
# ls -l grep db_name
# mysql database_name <>database.sql