+##############################################################################
+# Local Machine Settings:
+# Sources both the "default" conf file tracked by GIT (rip_dvd.conf.dist)
+# and the local conf file created by each local machine (rip_dvd.conf)
+# Copy the rip_dvd.conf.dist file to rip_dvd.conf and edit the later.
+# This will allow you to override all the default values to meet your needs
+# in a way that won't get clobbered when you pull updates from my GIT repo.
+##############################################################################
+config="${0%/*}/rip_dvd.conf"
+
+# The config file will be searched for in the following location order:
+found_config=0
+
+# 1) /path/to/rip_dvd/script/rip_dvd.conf.dist
+[ -e "${config}.dist" ] && found_config=1 && . "${config}.dist"
+
+# 2) /path/to/rip_dvd/script/rip_dvd.conf
+[ -e "${config}" ] && found_config=1 && . "${config}"
+
+# 3) /etc/rip_dvd.conf
+[ -e "/etc/rip_dvd.conf" ] && found_config=1 && . "/etc/rip_dvd.conf"
+
+# 4) $PWD/rip_dvd.conf
+[ -e "$PWD/rip_dvd.conf" ] && found_config=1 && . "$PWD/rip_dvd.conf"
+
+# Check to make sure we found the config file
+if [ $found_config -eq 0 ]; then
+ echo "-E- Unable to find the rip_dvd.conf file: $config"
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+##############################################################################################
+# Command line processing
+##############################################################################################
+while (($#)) && getopts 12mvifkxht:n:d:b:s:t:a:p:e:j:l: opt "$@"