How can we know that cobol program is using report file or
simple file....?

Answer Posted / suresh ramaiyan

If the program uses the simple file then the statement used
to write into that is "WRITE REC-NAME".

If the program uses the report file then the statement used
to write into that is "GENERATE REC-NAME".

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