Control-Backspace (unix-kill-rubout) for readline?

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In readline(3) I should be able to map Control-Backspace to the same function as Control-W (unix-kill-rubout). Regardless of what I put in ~/.inputrc I'm unable to get this to be recognized.

\C-\b: unix-kill-rubout

...for instance does not work. Can I map Control-Backspace to the unix-kill-rubout in readline?

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