Inotify - event->name gives subdirectories, not the main directories - c++

Question

I have been writing a program to print the name of the file being accessed and the time the file was accessed. Basically, instead of getting the file path name that I type in, I am getting the names of all the subdirectories of the file. I strongly suspect that it has something to do with the event->name that I am using toward the end of the program. Is there some other function I should be using instead?
The code is as follows:
string filename;
printf("Please enter the file path name: ");
getline(cin, filename);
/*Create a List<string> for multiple files to be entered*/
list<string> stringlist;
list<string>::iterator it;
stringlist.push_back(filename);
it = stringlist.begin();
while(filename != "exit")
{
/*Check whether files exists. Prompt user to re-enter filename*/
while(FileExists(filename) == false )
{
printf("File %s does not exist. Try again.\n", filename.c_str());
printf("Please enter the file path name: ");
getline(cin, filename);
}
printf("Please enter the next file: ");
getline(cin, filename);
if(filename != "exit")
stringlist.push_back(filename);
}
int index = 0;
wd = 0;
length = read(fd, buffer, BUF_LEN);
while(i < length) {
struct inotify_event* event = (struct inotify_event * ) &buffer[i];
if(event->mask & IN_ACCESS)
{
log.WriteFile(event->name);
}
i+= EVENT_SIZE + event->len;
}