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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Run the shared library dynamic loading demo program.
+# This is only expected to work when Mbed TLS is built as a shared library.
+
+# Copyright The Mbed TLS Contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+set -e -u
+
+program_dir="${0%/*}"
+program="$program_dir/dlopen"
+top_dir="$program_dir/../.."
+library_dir="$top_dir/library"
+
+# ELF-based Unix-like (Linux, *BSD, Solaris, ...)
+if [ -n "${LD_LIBRARY_PATH-}" ]; then
+    LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$library_dir:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
+else
+    LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$library_dir"
+fi
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+
+# OSX/macOS
+if [ -n "${DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH-}" ]; then
+    DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH="$library_dir:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH"
+else
+    DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH="$library_dir"
+fi
+export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
+
+"$program"