By seeing the file itself how can we identify whether it is A vsam file or flat

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By seeing the file itself how can we identify whether it is
A vsam file or flat file

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By seeing the file itself how can we identify whether it is A vsam file or flat file..

Answer / shweta

just do a 's'(data set information) in front of the file
name. Data class will have 'VSAM'. Also in 3.4, the volume
column will have 'VSAM'.

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By seeing the file itself how can we identify whether it is A vsam file or flat file..

Answer / rajvee

VSAM file will have data file and Key file.
Flat file will have only data.

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By seeing the file itself how can we identify whether it is A vsam file or flat file..

Answer / 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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By seeing the file itself how can we identify whether it is A vsam file or flat file..

Answer / vijay kumar reddy

vsam consists of data and index

where as flat file only have data

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By seeing the file itself how can we identify whether it is A vsam file or flat file..

Answer / mr. cooooool

Hi..............
Sweta & Rajeev.
Please read the question carefully.
He is saying 'By seeing the file we have to identify the
type of file'

It's mean we can't give any command.

I think it may possible through tools.

Thanks & Regards.

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By seeing the file itself how can we identify whether it is A vsam file or flat file..

Answer / prameela

BY seeing file we can say whether it vsam file or flat file(PS file)
if VSAM file will have below things
KSDS
1.name of the file
2.In the name of the file last qualifier will have data as qualifier
3.will have word index as last qulifier in the name of the file
Esds,RRDS,LDS will have only 1 and 2 specified in the above
FLat file will have only name of the file

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By seeing the file itself how can we identify whether it is A vsam file or flat file..

Answer / ananth

yes mr.cool is correct . i mean by seeing the file itself we should identify whether it is a vsam or qsam file. that means not
by using the commands.thank u swetha and rajeev.

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