there is org-id-extra-files. you will need to code around it to set it right.
by default it is set to text search extra files, as a symbol. however, that symbol probably cannot be put in as a pseudo-file. i.e. part of a list with files. [it seems that perhaps 'agenda-archives /can/ be put in as a pseudo-file, but this is not seem to be documented in the docstring or the manual. and there is also a separate variable controlling whether agenda files are searched.] so it's slightly confusing. if you want the default, plus some files of your own, which is what most people want to do with the variable, i think you need to get the value of text search extra files, append or concatenate your own, remove duplicates, and set it. [*org feature suggestion*] perhaps org could do the remove duplicates step for the user, and maybe allow text search extra files as a pseudo-file, so that the user need only set the variable to a list. org already does a remove duplicates for the user for org-agenda-files. On 5/2/18, Julius Dittmar <julius.ditt...@gmx.de> wrote: > Is there a way of adding a directory to this search path from inside an > org file? i'm not sure, but i don't think it searches directories either recursively or at top level. you will need to do that yourself in lisp using something like (directory-files (getenv "dorg") t regexp)). exercise caution if any files are compressed or you changed org or org archive extensions.
