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diff --git a/examples/run-c-ex.sh.in b/examples/run-c-ex.sh.in
index a70117f..b561617 100644
--- a/examples/run-c-ex.sh.in
+++ b/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 h5cc or h5pc. The order for running #
+# in @examplesdir@/c using h5cc or h5pc. 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 be placed accordingly. #
@@ -28,10 +28,33 @@
# Initializations
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}}"
PARALLEL=@PARALLEL@ # Am I in parallel mode?
AR="@AR@"
RANLIB="@RANLIB@"