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Subject: Re: how to express relative path for grandparent folder?
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To: Manish <mailtomanish.sharma@gmail.com>
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I solved it. but do not ask me why.

(setq org-agenda-files (list "~/../../Plans/PhD.org"
              "~/../../Plans/Others.org"

I add ~/  and restart emacs, which make it work, although ../ works for 
parent folder without ~/

Jack

Manish wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 10:55 PM, goodhei8@gmail.com wrote:
>   
>> I tried ../.., does not work. ../ works for parents folder.
>> ../.. does not work, because emacs or "setq org-agenda-files (list"? how to
>> correct it.
>> (setq org-agenda-files (list "../../Plans/PhD.org"
>>               "../../Plans/Others.org"
>> ))
>>
>>     
>
> Does variable org-directory help?
>
>