Forcing Python to detect DocumentRoot

[Ferrous Cranus]

Τη Παρασκευή, 18 Ιανουαρίου 2013 3:28:10 μ.μ. UTC+2, ο χρήστης Joel Goldstick έγραψε:

> DocumentRoot = os.environ['HOME'] + 'public_html'

Yes, iam using this and it works.
One last thing:

my python script file is located at /home/nikos/public_html/addon_domain/cgi-bin/

How python is able to run the following statement?

f = open( '/home/nikos/public_html/' + page )

which is clearly levels up of addon domain's DocumentRoot?