Verify command

The verify command enables or disables a feature that determines whether or not files are written properly.

Availability

Verify command is an internal command that is available in the following Microsoft operating systems.

• All Versions of MS-DOS
• Windows 95
• Windows 98
• Windows Me
• Windows NT
• Windows 2000
• Windows XP
• Windows Vista
• Windows 7
• Windows 8
• Windows 10
• Windows 11

Verify syntax

Tells the Windows command line (cmd.exe) if it should verify the files are written correctly to a disk.

VERIFY [ON | OFF]

Type VERIFY without a parameter to display the current VERIFY setting.

Verify examples

verify on

Turn verify on in the command line.