specified, but lets all clones use the same file if set).
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-See the \fBfilename\fR option for information on how to escape ':' and '\'
+See the \fBfilename\fR option for information on how to escape ':' and '\\'
characters within the directory path itself.
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Note: To control the directory fio will use for internal state files
explicit size is specified by \fBfilesize\fR.
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-Each colon and backslash in the wanted path must be escaped with a '\'
+Each colon and backslash in the wanted path must be escaped with a '\\'
character. For instance, if the path is `/dev/dsk/foo@3,0:c' then you
would use `filename=/dev/dsk/foo@3,0\\:c' and if the path is
-`F:\\\\filename' then you would use `filename=F\\:\\\\filename'.
+`F:\\filename' then you would use `filename=F\\:\\\\filename'.
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-On Windows, disk devices are accessed as `\\\\\\\\.\\\\PhysicalDrive0' for
-the first device, `\\\\\\\\.\\\\PhysicalDrive1' for the second etc.
+On Windows, disk devices are accessed as `\\\\.\\PhysicalDrive0' for
+the first device, `\\\\.\\PhysicalDrive1' for the second etc.
Note: Windows and FreeBSD prevent write access to areas
of the disk containing in\-use data (e.g. filesystems).
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