vsam consists of data and index where as flat file only have data

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

Question Posted / vijay kumar reddy

Answer Posted / vijay kumar reddy

vsam consists of data and index

where as flat file only have data

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