I want to watch a file created and written in a directory by a process. I don't have access to `inotifywait` tool, so I'm using just the inotify library calls. I start with `IN_CREATE` to monitor that the file was created. If the file of interest was created, then I drop in a `CLOSE_WRITE` event to be monitored. 
This scheme kind of works, except in the case that the file was already written and closed to by the time my handler processes the `IN_CREATE` event, and I miss that write event. 

What is the best way to work around this situation? I was considering using the `stat` function to use `atim`, `mtim`, but wasn't sure if that would have any gotchas.