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 max_payload: 65536
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-Inside configuration files, string values support the following escape characters: `\xXX, \t, \n, \r, \", \\`.  Take note that when specifying directory paths in options such as `pid_file` and `log_file` on windows, you'll need to escape backslashes, e.g. `log_file:  "c:\\logging\\log.txt"`, or use unix style (`/`) path separators.
+Inside configuration files, string values support the following escape characters: `\xXX, \t, \n, \r, \", \\`.  Take note that when specifying directory paths in options such as `pid_file` and `log_file` on Windows, you'll need to escape backslashes, e.g. `log_file:  "c:\\logging\\log.txt"`, or use unix style (`/`) path separators.
 
 ## Variables