// Open file1
_LIT(KMyFile,"c:\\documents\\file1");
RFile myFile;
User::LeaveIfError(myFile.Open(fs,KMyFile,EFileShareExclusive|EFileWrite
));

// Write to current file position: start of file
_LIT8(KWriteBuf,"write data");
myFile.Write(KWriteBuf);

// Read from position 0: start of file
TBuf8<6> readBuf1;
myFile.Read(0,readBuf1); // readBuf1 is now "write "

// Read from current position
TBuf8<4> readBuf2;
myFile.Read(readBuf2);   // readBuf2 is now "data"