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-rw-r--r--c++/examples/Makefile.am4
-rw-r--r--c++/examples/run-c++-ex.sh.in27
2 files changed, 27 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/c++/examples/Makefile.am b/c++/examples/Makefile.am
index 51ab8e3..0648504 100644
--- a/c++/examples/Makefile.am
+++ b/c++/examples/Makefile.am
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ CXX_API=yes
# Where to install examples
# Note: no '/' after DESTDIR. Explanation in commence.am
-EXAMPLEDIR=${DESTDIR}$(exec_prefix)/share/hdf5_examples/c++
-EXAMPLETOPDIR=${DESTDIR}$(exec_prefix)/share/hdf5_examples
+EXAMPLEDIR=$(examplesdir)/c++
+EXAMPLETOPDIR=$(examplesdir)
# How to build programs using h5c++
$(EXTRA_PROG): $(H5CPP)
diff --git a/c++/examples/run-c++-ex.sh.in b/c++/examples/run-c++-ex.sh.in
index d975924..08e9633 100644
--- a/c++/examples/run-c++-ex.sh.in
+++ b/c++/examples/run-c++-ex.sh.in
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
# #
# This script will compile and run the c++ examples from source files #
-# installed in .../share/hdf5_examples/c++ using h5c++. The #
+# installed in @examplesdir@/c++ using h5c++. The #
# order for running programs with RunTest in the MAIN section below is taken #
# from the Makefile. The order is important since some of the test programs #
# use data files created by earlier test programs. Any future additions should #
@@ -30,9 +30,32 @@
EXIT_SUCCESS=0
EXIT_FAILURE=1
+#
+# Try to derive the path to the installation $prefix established
+# by ./configure relative to the examples directory established by
+# ./configure. If successful, set `prefix_relto_examplesdir` to the
+# relative path. Otherwise, set `prefix_relto_examplesdir` to the
+# absolute installation $prefix.
+#
+# This script uses the value of `prefix` in the user's environment, if
+# it is set, below. The content of $() is evaluated in a sub-shell, so
+# if `prefix` is set in the user's environment, the shell statements in
+# $() won't clobbered it.
+#
+prefix_relto_examplesdir=$(
+prefix=@prefix@
+examplesdir=@examplesdir@
+if [ ${examplesdir##${prefix}/} != ${examplesdir} ]; then
+ echo $(echo ${examplesdir##${prefix}/} | \
+ sed -E 's,[^/]+,..,g')
+else
+ echo $prefix
+fi
+)
+
# Where the tool is installed.
# default is relative path to installed location of the tools
-prefix="${prefix:-../../..}"
+prefix="${prefix:-../${prefix_relto_examplesdir}}"
AR="@AR@"
RANLIB="@RANLIB@"
H5TOOL="h5c++" # The tool name