By seeing the file itself how can we identify whether it is
A vsam file or flat file
Answer Posted / mr. cooooool
Hi...........Ananth.
I think it's installation defined.
In the right hand side of the file
it gives some info...like volume serial no.
we can change it to file type.
Thanks & Regards.
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