> The backup files should be plain text, try taking a look at them. It > could be extra whitespace, depending on how the backup program formats > it's output.
Depending on the method used the database dump may have one line per insert statement, or a more compact format with multiple inserts per (very long) line. Nick quite rightly points out that a quick visual scan (or diff file1 file2 | less) will show you the difference. Roy.
