ng generate in a sub directory adds a backslash to the app.module import statement

[NiklasTeich]

1. OS? Windows 7, 8 or 10. Linux (which distribution). Mac OSX (Yosemite? El Capitan?)

Windows 7

1. Versions. Please run ng --version. If there's nothing outputted, please run
   in a Terminal: node --version and paste the result here:

angular-cli: 1.0.0-beta.15
node: 6.3.0
os: win32 x64

1. Repro steps. Was this an app that wasn't created using the CLI? What change did you
   do on your code? etc.

"ng generate component" in a sub directory adds a backslash in the app.module.ts import statement.
For example, app/settings component exists, after "ng generate component users" in the settings directory, the app.module has this statement:
"import { UsersComponent } from './settings\users/users.component';"

ng serve crashes, after changing the backslash to a normal slash, ng serve builds everything and the app works like expected!

1. The log given by the failure. Normally this include a stack trace and some
   more information.

Bad character escape sequence (24:44)
You may need an appropriate loader to handle this file type.
| import { DashboardComponent } from './dashboard/dashboard.component';
| import { SettingsComponent } from './settings/settings.component';
| import { UsersComponent } from './settings\users/users.component';
| export var AppModule = (function () {
| function AppModule() {
@ ./src/app/index.ts 2:0-29
@ ./src/main.ts
@ multi main

[celliott181]

Seems like part of a known issue. See #2132 and #2357.

This has to do with the OS level directory separators, and the workaround is to generate components from the root using the proper slash to match your OS.

[NiklasTeich]

Thanks, good idea!
Another open (same addressed) issue is here: #2419

[filipesilva]

Dupe of #1719, already fixed.

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