getting the correct directory

[pelegk2]

i have thi path on a linux server :

site/web/inter

i am doing this :

 opendir(getcwd()."../PDF/")

the thibs is that i want to access a folder that is under :

site/web/files2

and i tried to do the above code to point to another directory
like in wondows but it idnt work!
is there a way i can do it?
thnaks in advance
peleg

[devinemke]

if your script resides in "site/web/inter/" and you call getcwd()."../PDF/" then the resulting path will be "site/web/inter/../PDF/" which is an invalid path. i'm still don't see what dir you are in and what dir you want to open, what are the full path's?