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On 12/06/2016 05:22, JJ wrote:
> These two TechNet pages describes the VERIFY command of CMD.EXE, but one of
> them lies.
> <https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491029.aspx>
This one is right. Back in MSDOS days we knew that verify didn't actually test
that the data was written correctly either. In Batpower forum on
Fidonet there was discussion of batch files and command.com galore.
A MUF V1.7 file exists from Mr Bat Lang in that forum and explaining the
Microsoft Undocumented Features.
It was great fun then too.
> <https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754978.aspx>
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