C++ Reading file backwards from the end of the file

Question

I am trying to write a program with a menu that reads from a text file a few different ways. I\'m just working on menu option #2 still (reading backwards from the end of the

Answer 1

The following is my solution to the question. When open the file, I use ios::ate to set the file position to the end of the file and use seekg method to read back. I am not sure whether there is a more efficient way to solve this question.

void readFile(char *fileName){
    char c;
    std::ifstream myFile(fileName,std::ios::ate);
    std::streampos size = myFile.tellg();
    for(int i=1;i<=size;i++){
        myFile.seekg(-i,std::ios::end);
        myFile.get(c);
        printf("%c\n",c);
    }
}