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To: Chao LU <loochao@gmail.com>
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Chao,

I believe I had the exact same issue, caused the exact same use case, 
i.e., Dropbox.  Read David's answer and see if it helps:

http://www.mail-archive.com/emacs-orgmode@gnu.org/msg29029.html

Chao LU wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> Just writing to see if it is possible to use variable in org-capture 
> configuration, like this
> 
>  (setq org-capture-templates
>            '(("t" "Todo" entry (file *"~/org/refile.org 
> <http://refile.org>"*) "* TODO %?\n  %i\n  %a" :prepend t)))
>                                               ------------------------
>                                                        \---How could I 
> use-> (concat My-Dropbox-Path "refile.org <http://refile.org>")
> 
> Since I put all my files in Dropbox, and the My-Dropbox-Path has 
> different values under MAC and M$Windows.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Chao