# copy files to a remote share requiring authentication
#
# This program demonstrates how to find a free drive letter
# on the local machine, setting up the shared connection,
# copying the file over and then tearing down the connection
# afterwards. I hope this helps someone else save the two hours
# it took me to gather all the loose ends together.
#
# copyright (c) David Landgren 2005
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

use strict;
use warnings;

use Win32::NetResource qw/GetUNCName AddConnection CancelConnection/;
use Win32API::File qw/ CopyFile fileLastError /;

use constant SHARE_NAME => '\\\\remote_svr\\sharename'; # must use bac
+kslashes
use constant USER_NAME  => 'myusername';
use constant PASSWORD   => 'mysekretpassword';

my $drive;
for my $letter ('g' .. 'z' ) {
    my $mapped;
    $drive = "$letter:";
    GetUNCName( $mapped, $drive );
    last if not $mapped;
}

my $share = {
    RemoteName => SHARE_NAME,
    LocalName  => $drive,
};

print "connecting $share->{RemoteName} to $share->{LocalName}\n";
if( not AddConnection( $share, PASSWORD, USER_NAME, 0 )) {
    die "connection error:\n", win32err();
}

for my $file( @ARGV ) {
    print "copying $file\n";
    CopyFile( $file, "$share->{LocalName}$file", 0 )
        or print "\tfailed: " . fileLastError() . "\n";
}

if( not CancelConnection( $share->{LocalName}, 0, 1 )) {
    print "disconnection error:\n", win32err();
}

sub win32err {
    my $err;
    # Win32::GetError($err); -- bug spotted by puploki
    Win32::NetResource::GetError($err);
    Win32::FormatMessage($err);
}
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