KevinZwack:

Try using forward slashes instead of doubled backslashes for UNC names. That works just fine with cygwin--at least *here* it does:

#!/usr/bin/perl
use 5.14.0;
use warnings;
use autodie;

open my $FH, '>', '//npckfs01/users/301058/ZOOG';
print $FH "The quick red fox, etc. etc. etc.\n";
close $FH;
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