diff -Nru fmio-1.2.29/xsrc/wmfmio.c fmio-1.2.29.new/xsrc/wmfmio.c
--- fmio-1.2.29/xsrc/wmfmio.c	Fri Jul  5 17:29:20 2002
+++ fmio-1.2.29.new/xsrc/wmfmio.c	Sat Mar 29 12:21:20 2003
@@ -148,25 +148,37 @@
 int
 main(int argc,char *argv[]) {
 	char *home;
+	char *etc_dir;
+	
 	myname = argv[0];
 	ParseCMDLine(argc, argv);
-
-	home = getenv("HOME");
-	if (home == NULL)
-		home = ".";
-	strncpy(temp, home, TMPBUFSIZE);
-	temp[TMPBUFSIZE] = '\0';
-	strncat(temp, "/.", TMPBUFSIZE);
-	temp[TMPBUFSIZE] = '\0';
-	strncat(temp, RCFILE, TMPBUFSIZE);
-	temp[TMPBUFSIZE] = '\0';
+	
+	etc_dir = getenv("ETC_DIR");
+	if (etc_dir) {
+		strncpy(temp, etc_dir, TMPBUFSIZE);
+		temp[TMPBUFSIZE] = '\0';
+		strncat(temp, "/", TMPBUFSIZE);
+		temp[TMPBUFSIZE] = '\0';
+		strncat(temp, RCFILE, TMPBUFSIZE);
+		temp[TMPBUFSIZE] = '\0';
+	} else {
+		home = getenv("HOME");
+		if (home == NULL)
+			home = ".";
+		strncpy(temp, home, TMPBUFSIZE);
+		temp[TMPBUFSIZE] = '\0';
+		strncat(temp, "/.", TMPBUFSIZE);
+		temp[TMPBUFSIZE] = '\0';
+		strncat(temp, RCFILE, TMPBUFSIZE);
+		temp[TMPBUFSIZE] = '\0';
+	}
 	if ( ParseRCFile(temp) == 1 ) {
 		strncpy(temp, "/etc/", TMPBUFSIZE);
 		temp[TMPBUFSIZE] = '\0';
 		strncat(temp, RCFILE, TMPBUFSIZE);
 		temp[TMPBUFSIZE] = '\0';
 		if (ParseRCFile(temp) == 1)
-			errx(1, "~/.%s or /etc/%s not found", RCFILE, RCFILE);
+			errx(1, "$ETC_DIR/%s, ~/.%s or /etc/%s not found", RCFILE, RCFILE, RCFILE);
 	}
 
 	if (cmdline_preset == ON)