Navigation in the file using streampos?

Question

I need to navigate in the file loaded with ifstream. Precisely I need to save the place I was before in order to be able to return to this exact place after reading a few lines. I tried something like that:

ifstream baseINTING("base.txt");
streampos position1, position2, position3;

position1 = baseINTING.tellg();

Later on I've read a few lines:

getline(baseINTING, buffer2);

And tried to go back:

baseINTING.seekg(position1);

But it doesn't work. Could someone help me? I really need that denouement.

This is the full code:

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>
#include <direct.h>
#include <cstdlib>


using namespace std;



void anyNextOne(ifstream* newFile)
{
    ifstream baseINTING("base.txt");
    int j;

    string  buffer2;
    streampos position1;


    getline(baseINTING, buffer2);
    getline(baseINTING, buffer2);

    position1 = baseINTING.tellg();


    for(j=0; j<5; j++)
    {
        getline(baseINTING, buffer2);

        cout<<buffer2<<endl;
        cout<<position1<<endl;

        baseINTING.seekg(position1);

    }

}
int main()
{
    ifstream one("one.txt");
    anyNextOne(&one);


    return 0;
}

And examplary output:

Ingredients (for 4 people)

40

(for 4 people)

40

(for 4 people)

40

(...)

The "base.txt" file content:

Easy Pizza Recipe 
Dough:
Ingredients (for 4 people)
•   1 cup of warm water 
•   3 1/2 cups of flour
•   2 tablespoons of olive oil
•   2 teaspoons of honey 
•   1 teaspoon of salt
•   1 teaspoon of yeast 
Method:
1. Put warm water into a bowl. Add salt and honey and mix with a spoon. Add yeast, mix and let it sit for about 10 minutes.
2. add flour and olive oil and start mixing. 
3. Let it sit for about another hour. 
4. Put on some tomato sauce.
5. Put on your pizza topping (some green peppers, mushrooms, ketchup, cheese, sausage, salt and pepper) 
6. Bake the pizza in you oven at 200 C for about 20 to 25 minutes.

Answer 1

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>
#include <direct.h>
#include <cstdlib>


using namespace std;



void anyNextOne(ifstream* newFile)
{
    ifstream baseINTING("base.txt");
    int j;

    string  buffer2;
    streampos position1;


    getline(baseINTING, buffer2);
    getline(baseINTING, buffer2);

    position1 = baseINTING.tellg();


    for(j=0; j<5; j++)
    {
        getline(baseINTING, buffer2);

        cout<<buffer2<<endl;
        cout<<position1<<endl;

        baseINTING.seekg(position1);

    }

}
int main()
{
    ifstream one("one.txt");
    anyNextOne(&one);


    return 0;
}