Reconstructing an archived SQLite3 database file

Question

I'm using the method described under the heading Converting An Entire Database To An ASCII Text File on this page to archive a sqlite3 database file.

Archiving the database file works fine:

$ echo '.dump' | sqlite3 store.db | gzip -c >store.dump.gz

Following the instructions on that page (though using gzcat instead of zcat), I try and reconstruct the archive into a database as follows:

$ gzcat store.dump | sqlite3 store_new.db

This executes, and store_new.db is created, but it is a Zero KB file. What am I doing wrong?

(I'm using SQLite 3.7.13 on OS X.)

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UPDATE:

Even doing a direct sqlite3 -> sqlite3 dump:

echo '.dump' | sqlite3 store.db | sqlite3 store_new.db

Results in a Zero KB store_new.db file :-( Any help appreciated!