Variable: org-directory

org-directory is a customizable variable defined in org.el.gz.

Value

"~/org"

Documentation

Directory with Org files.

This is just a default location to look for Org files. There is no need at all to put your files into this directory. It is used in the following situations:

1. When a capture template specifies a target file that is not an
   absolute path. The path will then be interpreted relative to
   org-directory
2. When the value of variable org-agenda-files(var)/org-agenda-files(fun) is a single file, any
   relative paths in this file will be taken as relative to
   org-directory.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/org/org.el.gz
(defcustom org-directory "~/org"
  "Directory with Org files.
This is just a default location to look for Org files.  There is no need
at all to put your files into this directory.  It is used in the
following situations:

1. When a capture template specifies a target file that is not an
   absolute path.  The path will then be interpreted relative to
   `org-directory'
2. When the value of variable `org-agenda-files' is a single file, any
   relative paths in this file will be taken as relative to
   `org-directory'."
  :group 'org-refile
  :group 'org-capture
  :type 'directory)