beginners Q: CGI and file paths

[Mr J Littler]

Hi,
I've written a cgi script that outputs a couple of files.
The default placement is in the cgi-bin directory and
I want them to go elsewhere. I've tried ...

filename = "/proper_path_here/c_list.html"
append = open(filename, 'a')

but putting the path in front of the filename makes no
difference (and doesn't generate an error)
I read thro cgi.py but can't see what to do.
Any help appreciated...
Cheers
John
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