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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _path(self, s):
 """Parse a path."""

        if s.startswith(b'"'):
            if not s.endswith(b'"'):
                self.abort(errors.BadFormat, '?', '?', s)
            else:
                return _unquote_c_string(s[1:-1])
        return s