title: Is there a way for Windows to return the path to a directory as Linux does?
body: <p>In Windows a path to a directory is something like:
  C:\Users\Name</p>
  
  <p>In Linux it should be something like: 
  /home/name</p>
  
  <p>In the R programming language backslashes are an escape character, therefore a path (even on a Windows system) must be written either as C:/Users/Name or C:\\Users\\Name. When the path is too long it is rather tiring to retype every slash. </p>
  
  <p>Is there anyway in which Windows returns the path with double backslashes or one slash? 
  If not, is there a simple way in R to change the path so that R can understand it?</p>
  
  <p>Thank you very much. </p>