The VERIFY command validates information entered into the current Global Directory. It checks the name-to-region mappings to ensure all names map to a region. The VERIFY command checks region-to-segment mappings to ensure each region maps to a segment, each segment maps to only one region, and the segment maps to to a valid UNIX file name. The EXIT command implicitly performs a VERIFY -ALL.

The format of the VERIFY command is:

    V[ERIFY]
    V[ERIFY] -N[AME] [name-space]
    V[ERIFY] -R[EGION] [region-name]
    V[ERIFY] -S[EGMENT] [segment-name]
    V[ERIFY] -M[AP]
    V[ERIFY] -T[EMPLATE]
    V[ERIFY] -A[LL]
    

The object-type is optional. -MAP, -TEMPLATE, and -ALL are special qualifiers used as follows:

-MAP: Checks that all names map to a region, all regions map to a segment, and all segments map to a file.

-TEMPLATE: Checks that all templates currently are consistent and useable.

-ALL: Checks all map and template data.

VERIFY with no qualifier, VERIFY -MAP, and VERIFY -ALL each check all current information.

Example:

    
    
    GDE> verify -region regis 
    
    

This command verifies the region regis.