diff --git a/contrib/opentracing/test/run-ctx.sh b/contrib/opentracing/test/run-ctx.sh
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+++ b/contrib/opentracing/test/run-ctx.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+_ARG_HAPROXY="${1:-$(realpath -L ${PWD}/../../../haproxy)}"
+       _ARGS="-f ctx/haproxy.cfg"
+    _LOG_DIR="_logs"
+        _LOG="${_LOG_DIR}/_log-$(basename ${0} .sh)-$(date +%s)"
+
+
+test -x "${_ARG_HAPROXY}" || exit 1
+mkdir -p "${_LOG_DIR}"    || exit 2
+
+echo "executing: ${_ARG_HAPROXY} ${_ARGS} > ${_LOG}"
+"${_ARG_HAPROXY}" ${_ARGS} >"${_LOG}" 2>&1