+# Search configuration file (last one is used as default!)
+for conf in \
+ "/usr/local/etc/backup-script.conf" \
+ "/etc/backup-script.conf" \
+ "${conf_d}/backup-script.conf" \
+ "/usr/local/etc/backup-script.conf" \
+; do
+ [ -r "$conf" ] && break
+done
+
+# Read in configuration file
+config_info="Configuration file is \"$conf\""
+if [ -r "$conf" ]; then
+ source "$conf"
+else
+ config_info="${config_info} (not readable, using defaults)"
+fi
+config_info="${config_info},\nusing \"$conf_d\" as configuration directory."
+