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From: robl@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl (R. Luursema)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: disable printer via software
Message-ID: <1128@idcapd.idca.tds.philips.nl>
Date: 21 Feb 91 15:47:23 GMT
References: <1991Feb16.164617.11199@isis.cs.du.edu>
Organization: Philips Information Systems, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
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In article <1991Feb16.164617.11199@isis.cs.du.edu> ebergman@isis.UUCP (Eric Bergman-Terrell) writes:
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>copy/v a:\*.* nul:

Why do you specify the /v (verify after write) flag with this copy?
Copy cannot verify data written to the null device, or any other character
device. The verify is a dummy read after write; data is not stored in memory
and not compared. 


Rob.
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