In my props.conf I need a [source::] stanza to override some settings from a [sourcetype] stanza. The source is a file on a Windows server, so I take a look at the [props.conf documentation](https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.2/Admin/Propsconf#GLOBAL_SETTINGS), and follow these instructions:
When you specify Windows-based file paths as part of a [source::] stanza, you must escape any backslashes contained within the specified file path.
Example: [source::c:\\path_to\\file.txt]
But that seems to be flat out wrong. If I use this:
[source::C:\\dir1\\dir2\\app.log]
it doesn't match. Change it to:
[source::C:\dir1\dir2\app.log]
and it matches.
Am I missing something obvious, or is the documentation just wrong?