The diary file is located by default at ~/diary. I'd rather it wasn't. I've looked quite a bit through the reference over the past couple of days, I haven't seen anything generated in the .emacs that sets it, and there are no SX questions about it.
Does anyone know how to put your diary in a different directory?
To learn more about the variable diary-file, type M-x describe-variable RET diary-file RET This can be set through the built-in customize interface -- M-x customize-variable RET diary-file RET -- or by placing something like the following snippet in the .emacs file:
(setq diary-file "/hello/world/diary-file")
If setting it manually, then restart Emacs or evaluate the expression.
