KK> Your string literals in source code may not contain the
 KK> backslash character by itself, since it is the initializer
 KK> to the C text source string escape sequence, such as found
 KK> with '\t', '\0', '\n', and '\a'. If you want the backslash
 KK> in your C source string literals, you must use '\\', so that
 KK> the precompiler will recognize that you want a backslash.
 KK> fopen("c:\\testfile", w);    /*  this will work.  */

   Yes, assuming w is a char pointer to a string, like "wt" or some such.  
   
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