Is there a way to make R strings verbatim (not escaped)?

Typical example: ``` path <- "C:/test/path" # great path <- "C:\\test\\path" # also great path <- "C:\test\path" ``` Error: '\p' is an unrecognized escape in character string starting ""C:\test\p" (of course - \t is actually an escape character.) Is there any mark that can be used to treat the string as verbatim? Or can it be coded? It would be really useful when copy/pasting path names in Windows...