void maintainFileName ()
{
    std :: ifstream myfile;
    myfile.open ("zoomLevels.txt");

    if (myfile.is_open ())
    {
        // Move to end of the file, 
        myfile.seekg (0, std::ios::end);

        // and then six characters back to pick up the last file number.
        myfile.seekg (6, std::ios::beg);

        int len = 1;
        char *t = new char[len];

        myfile.read(t, len);
        qDebug () << "\nt: " << *t << "\n";
    }
    else
    {
        qDebug () << "\nsorry";
    }
}

El archivo contiene esto:

78.8115,29.582,1,01.rda
78.8115,29.582,2,02.rda
76.3671,30.2201,1,11.rda
76.3671,30.2201,2,12.rda
78.1908,30.3007,1,01.rda
78.1908,30.3007,2,02.rda
77.3284,29.1415,1,01.rda
77.3284,29.1415,2,02.rda
77.3064,29.1655,1,01.rda
77.3064,29.1655,2,02.rda

El valor devuelto por esa función es5, mientras que el sexto personaje del final es0!
¿A dónde me voy mal?