Transaction file - file updation, COBOL Programming

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Transaction file:

A transaction file is a file which contains new records those changes to old records which are used to update the master file.

The problem of file updation can be defined as shown below:

Insertion of a new record.
Modification of some existing records.
Deletion of outdated records.
The Copy of those records that are neither outdated nor need any modification.

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