The effective attenuation length (lambda) is determined to 5.7 +/- 1.1 angstrom at an electronic kinetic energy of 30 eV for carbon disulfide, CS2, from sulphur 2p photoelectron spectroscopy and lineshape modelling of CS2 clusters at a temperature of 150-170 K. The present approach is based on exploring the relation between lambda and the cluster-monomer chemical shift and width of the cluster peak. A priori knowledge of the cluster temperature is required.