Control escape in a Windows path

What it means

In a string, \t is a TAB, \n a newline, and \b a backspace — not a backslash followed by a letter. A value like "C:\temp" therefore contains a tab and a partial path, which is almost never intended.

Example

{ "dir": "C:\temp" }

{ "dir": "C:\\temp" }

How to fix it

Double every backslash so the path is literal: C:\\temp.

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