C++ :: Opening A File Within A Directory

I have problems opening a file within a directory.

#include <dirent.h>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>

[Code] .....

Error Message:
$ ./dirsearch ~/Documents/College/textfiles/
[..]
[yomama.txt]
Error : Failed to open entry file - No such file or directory

Here are my current file permissions:
textfiles$ ls -l
total 8
-rw-rw-rw- 1 jav jav 7 Apr 26 13:14 moretext.txt
-rw-rw-rw- 1 jav jav 10 Apr 26 12:38 yomama.txt