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

Answer Posted / 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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