// Program shows how to rewind a file. It writes a
// text file and opens it for reading, then rewinds
// it to the beginning and reads it again.
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
    // Variables needed to read or write file one
    // character at a time.
    char ch;
    fstream ioFile("rewind.txt", ios::out);

    // Open file.
    if (!ioFile)
    {
        cout << "Error in trying to create file";
        return 0;
    }

    // Write to file and close.
    ioFile << "All good dogs " << endl
        << "growl, bark, and eat." << endl;
    ioFile.close();

    //Open the file.
    ioFile.open("rewind.txt", ios::in);
    if (!ioFile)
    {
        cout << "Error in trying to open file";
        return 0;
    }

    // Read the file and echo to screen.
    while (ioFile.get(ch))
    {
        cout.put(ch);
    }
    cout << endl;

    //Rewind the file.
    ioFile.clear();
    ioFile.seekg(0, ios::beg);

    //Read file again and echo to screen.
    while (ioFile.get(ch))
    {
        cout.put(ch);
    }

    return 0;
}