seekg(offset, place);

seekg(0L,ios::beg);

dataIn.clear();
dataIn.seekg(0L, ios::beg);

//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
    ioFile.get(ch);
    while (!ioFile.fail())
    {
        cout.put(ch);
        ioFile.get(ch);
    }
    //Rewind the file
    ioFile.clear();
    ioFile.seekg(0, ios::beg);
    //Read file again and echo to screen
    ioFile.get(ch);
    while (!ioFile.fail())
    {
        cout.put(ch);
        ioFile.get(ch);
    }
    return 0;
}