Commodore PC Ms-Dos 3.2 User's Manual page 167

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Verify
Purpose:
Turns the verify switch on or off when writing to a disk.
Syntax:
verify [ON]
or
verify [OFF]
Comments:
You can use this command to verify that your files are written
correctly to the disk (no bad sectors, for example), ms-dos per
forms a verify each time you write data to a disk. You will
receive an error message only if ms-dos is unable to successfully
write your data to a disk.
Examples:
If you want to know the current setting of verify, use the verify
command without an option:
ver ify
Verify ON remains in effect until a program changes it (by a Set
Verify system call), or until you type the following:
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Verify
("*} verify OFF
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This command has the same purpose as the /v switch in the copy
command.
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