Java tutorial
import java.io.IOException; import java.io.RandomAccessFile; import java.nio.channels.FileChannel; public class MainClass { public static void main(String[] argv) throws IOException { RandomAccessFile randomAccessFile = new RandomAccessFile("test.dat", "r"); randomAccessFile.seek(1000); FileChannel fileChannel = randomAccessFile.getChannel(); // This will print "1000" System.out.println("file pos: " + fileChannel.position()); randomAccessFile.seek(500); // This will print "500" System.out.println("file pos: " + fileChannel.position()); fileChannel.position(200); // This will print "200" System.out.println("file pos: " + randomAccessFile.getFilePointer()); } }