There are default definitiions at /usr/local/etc/fml/defaults/$VERSION/default_config.cf file. Each config.cf of each ML overloads them. Use fmlconf command to show the current value.
% fmlconf $ml_name | grep _dirYou can extract values from config object in a hook.
$_xxx_hook = q{
my $config = $curproc->config();
my $xxxdir = $config->{ some_where_dir };
... snip ...
}
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