#include <fstream.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main()
{
  const int MAXLENGTH = 21;

  char filename[MAXLENGTH] = "test.dat";
  char ch;
  long offset, last;
  ifstream inFile(filename);

  inFile.open(filename, ios::nocreate);

  if (inFile.fail())   // check for successful open
  {
    cout << "\nThe file was not successfully opened"
         << "\n Please check that the file currently exists"
         << endl;
    exit(1);
  }

  inFile.seekg(0L,ios::end);   // move to the end of the file
  last = inFile.tellg();       // save the offset of the last character

  for(offset = 1L; offset <= last; offset++)
  {
    inFile.seekg(-offset, ios::end);
    ch = inFile.get();
    cout << ch << " : ";
  }

  inFile.close();

  return 0;
}