#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
using std::ifstream;
using std::streampos;
using std::cout;
using std::endl;
using std::cin;

int main()
{
ifstream infile("c:\\alphabet.txt"); //open a file. this file contains the text "abcdef"

char c;
streampos e_pos;

while (c = infile.get() != EOF)
{
if (c == 'e') e_pos = infile.tellg(); //save position of 'e'
}

cout << "character 'e' is at position " << e_pos << ". now jumping back to that position." << endl;
infile.seekg(e_pos); //recall to position of 'e'
cout << "character at position " << e_pos << " is " << infile.get() << "." << endl;
infile.close();
cin.get();
return 0;
}