File name has two backslashes C#

Question

There is probably an easy answer for this, but when I added DateTime.Now.ToString() to my fileName it adds an extra \\ for every \\ I have so C:\\Temp

Answer 1

Nope, that string really has single backslashes in. Print it out to the console and you'll see that.

If you look at it in the debugger, you'll see the backslashes escaped - but the string itself has single backslashes. This bites lots of people :(