Can an Angular schematic execute logic outside of the directory from where it ran

Question

I've created an Angular schematic that needs to create a bunch of files outside of the root directory i.e. ../../root.

when trying to run the schematic locally I keep getting a CLI warning:

The 'path' option in 'C:\Users\username\source\repos\test-schematic\src\test-schematic\schema.json' is using deprecated behaviour. 'workingDirectory' smart default provider should be use

and CLI error:

path /../ is invalid

Using '@angular-devkit/schematics':

const charts = apply(url('./files/charts'), [
  move(normalize(`../${_options.root}/${_options.project}-charts` as string)),
]);

Is there a way to create files outside of the directory from where the schematic got executed?