upload file to a folder outside site directory

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User2108892867 posted

Hello everyone, I am trying to upload file to folder outside my site directory. So for example, my site directory is www.example.com, I can save file to one of the directories like this: 

AsyncFileUpload1.SaveAs(Server.MapPath("~/file/") + fileName); 

That will save the file to www.example.com/file/myname.jpg. But because I usually replace my website files, I would love to store the file outside this website directory. Instead I want to store it in the root directory. The structure of my folders will be something like this

..

www.example.com

file (this is where I want the file to be uploaded to)

How can it be done? 

Thanks