#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>
#include <cstdlib>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
   string filename="file.txt";
   string buffer;
   char ch;
   ifstream fin;
   fin.open(filename);
   if (!fin)
   {
      cout << filename << " is not open\n";
      exit(1);
   }

   //fin >> buffer;
   //getline(fin,buffer);
   fin.get(ch);
   cout << ch << endl;


   cout << "end of program";
}