# Server Directory access from SWF

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/server-directory-access-from-swf/287766>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 6, 2009, 1:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/server-directory-access-from-swf/287766 "2009-05-06T01:13:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![bwizzle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@bwizzle](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bwizzle)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 1:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/server-directory-access-from-swf/287766/1 "2009-05-06T01:13:57Z")

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Hello.

I’m trying to create a swf movie that reads in a configuration file. I’ve read alot of posts that deal with reading a file, but no posts have addressed the problem that I have.

My swf movie resides in this directory /var/www/html/movies

and to keep things organized my configuration files reside in the following directory

/var/www/config

Is there away to read a directory that is ‘higher’ than the regular HTML directory. A co-worker says it can not, but I can’t think of a reason why a restriction would be made if the swf resides on the same server… am i wrong?

Can it be done?

Thanks

B-wizzle