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Loads something into a tool. For an interactive tool, this conditions
the tool for a particular test case; for example, gdb_load loads
a new executable file into the debugger. For batch-oriented tools,
${tool}_load may do nothing—though, for example, the GCC
support uses gcc_load to load and run a binary on the target
environment. Conventionally, ${tool}_load leaves the output of
any program it runs in a variable called $exec_output. Writing
${tool}_load can be the most complex part of extending DejaGnu
to a new tool or a new target, if it requires much communication coding
or file downloading. Test scripts call ${tool}_load.
${tool}_load