Hello, I just started learning CGI and I was wondering. Is it possible to access a file that is in a folder higher than your webserver default folder.

For example my apache webserver starts at /home/www/htdocs which is also routed to /home/users/me/est/share.

what if I want to get a non text file say a powerpoint which is located in my est folder without using virtualhost since other systems are also using the server

thanks so much