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Since you can map UNC pathnames "anonymously", there's really no reason to find a free drive letter. I use the following in a library I wrote:

sub connect{
    my ( $paths, $user, $password, $verbose ) = @_;

    # Make $paths an array reference, even if it isn't already
    if ( ref $paths ne "ARRAY") {
        if( ! ref $paths ){
            push my @paths, $paths;
            $paths = \@paths;
        }else{
            die "You must pass a scalar or array in as first argument 
+to connect()\n";
        }
    }    

    if( $^O eq 'MSWin32' ){
        require Win32::NetResource qw( :DEFAULT GetSharedResources Get
+Error AddConnection CancelConnection );

        foreach my $path ( @$paths ){
            
            # In case we don't have the leading backslashes,
            # add them.
            unless( $path =~ m|^\\{4}| ){
                $path =~ s/^\\+//;
                $path = "\\\\" . $path;
            }

            my %resources = (
                               Scope         => RESOURCE_GLOBALNET,
                            Type         => RESOURCETYPE_DISK,
                            DisplayType => RESOURCEDISPLAYTYPE_SHARE,
                            RemoteName     => $path
                            );
                                             
            AddConnection( \%resources, $password, $user, 1 );

            if( $verbose ){
                my $err;
                GetError( $err );
                warn Win32::FormatMessage( $err );
            }

        }        
            
    }else{
            die "Unsupported Operating System: $^O\n";
    }
}
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In reply to Re: Copying files to an authenticated Win32 share by SheridanCat
in thread Copying files to an authenticated Win32 share by grinder

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