Django Access File on Server
Never mind, I tried it again using an absolute file path, and it worked after I restarted Django.
I'm using Django to send iOS push notifications.  To do that, I need to access a .pem certificate file currently stored on the server in my app directory along with views.py, models.py, admin.py, etc.  When I try to send a push notification from a python shell on the server, everything works fine.  But when I try to send a push notification by accessing a Django view, it doesn't send and gives me an SSLError.  I think that this is because Django can't find the .pem certificate file. 
In short, I'm wondering how a Django view function can read in another file on the server.