diff --git a/examples/C/Makefile.am b/examples/C/Makefile.am
index 7b5117afe..b743fcd71 100644
--- a/examples/C/Makefile.am
+++ b/examples/C/Makefile.am
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 AM_CFLAGS =  @WARN_PEDANTIC@ @WERROR@
 
 TESTS = iterator.sh get.sh print_data.sh set.sh keys_iterator.sh multi.sh multi_write.sh \
-	precision.sh list.sh large_grib1.sh get_data.sh
+	precision.sh list.sh large_grib1.sh get_data.sh sections_copy.sh
 
 noinst_PROGRAMS       = nearest set_bitmap iterator get print_data set set_missing keys_iterator \
 			set_data mars_param values_check box multi multi2 multi_write precision \
diff --git a/examples/C/sections_copy.c b/examples/C/sections_copy.c
index ef8097bd1..744bc8ff6 100644
--- a/examples/C/sections_copy.c
+++ b/examples/C/sections_copy.c
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 
 void usage(char* prog) {
 	printf("usage: %s in1.grib in2.grib out.grib\n",prog);
+	printf("in1.grib\t The grib in whose sections we are interested, i.e. the source of the sections (read-only)\n");
+	printf("in2.grib\t The input grib (read-only)\n");
+	printf("out.grib\t The output file\n");
 	exit(1);
 }
 
@@ -47,7 +50,8 @@ int main ( int argc, char* argv[]) {
 	GRIB_CHECK(err,0);
 	fclose(in);
 
-	what=GRIB_SECTION_PRODUCT | GRIB_SECTION_LOCAL;
+	/*what=GRIB_SECTION_PRODUCT | GRIB_SECTION_LOCAL;*/
+	what=GRIB_SECTION_GRID;
 	h=grib_util_sections_copy(hfrom,hto,what,&err);
 	GRIB_CHECK(err,0);
 
diff --git a/examples/C/sections_copy.sh b/examples/C/sections_copy.sh
index 572d048c2..88133bc83 100755
--- a/examples/C/sections_copy.sh
+++ b/examples/C/sections_copy.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,21 @@
 
 . ./include.sh
 
-${examples_dir}sections_copy ../../data/in_copy.grib ../../data/out_copy.grib
+REGUL_GRID_FILE=../../samples/regular_ll_sfc_grib2.tmpl
+GAUSS_GRID_FILE=../../samples/reduced_gg_pl_640_grib2.tmpl
+OUTPUT=temp.sections.grib
+
+${examples_dir}sections_copy $REGUL_GRID_FILE $GAUSS_GRID_FILE $OUTPUT
+# Now the output should have a regular grid i.e. gridDefinitionTemplateNumber==0
+# but its date should be the same as the Gaussian grid sample
+grid_tmpl=`${tools_dir}grib_get -p gridDefinitionTemplateNumber,date $OUTPUT`
+[ "$grid_tmpl" = "0 20100912" ]
 
 
+${examples_dir}sections_copy $GAUSS_GRID_FILE $REGUL_GRID_FILE $OUTPUT
+# Now the output should have a reduced gaussian grid i.e. gridDefinitionTemplateNumber==40
+# but its date should be the same as the Regular grid sample
+grid_tmpl=`${tools_dir}grib_get -p gridDefinitionTemplateNumber,date $OUTPUT`
+[ "$grid_tmpl" = "40 20070323" ]
+
+rm -f $OUTPUT