How to use substitution variables in sqlplus activity of process flow

I have a process flow that does nothing more than create a couple of packages that I cannot successfully deploy from OWB. A workaround, not something that I want to do, but currently there is not much time to adjust the packages so they can be deployed from OWB.
I can successfully create the packages from files that are present in a directory on the server. But the location (directory) is not the same in all cases (OTAP). So I thought to use an input parameter to the process flow (named TELLINGEN) and use that in the sqlplus activity.
I have created the parameter START_PATH with a default value.
I have added an sqlplus activity and placed the following into the PARAMETER_LIST variable of the activity:
?${Target.ConnectString}?@${TELLINGEN.START_PATH}/npl_dbug.pkg?
When I run the process flow I see the following in the output:
SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.3.0 - Production on Tue Mar 18 18:10:14 2008
Copyright (c) 1982, 2006, Oracle. All Rights Reserved.
Connected to:
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.3.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options
SP2-0310: unable to open file "${TELLINGEN.START_PATH}/npl_dbug.pkg"
SQL> SQL> Disconnected from Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release
10.2.0.3.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options
It obviously connects to sqlplus but then cannot find the file. Presumably because the variable has not been substituted.
How can I persuade the activity to substitute the variable?
Kind regards,
Eric.

Have been reading around a bit and found the (a) solution:
I placed the following in PARAMETERLIST:
?${Target.ConnectString}?@${Working.RootPath}/base64.sql?
And it turns out ${Working.RootPath} is pointing to the location you can provide under the configure for the sqlplus activity in the process flow. Just as you have to provide the target destination as indicated here: Re: SQLPLUS Activity in Process Flow
From the documentation it was not immediately clear to me where Working.RootPath was pointing to.

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