I cannot figure out why this is failing so consistently. I feel like there is some small thing I am doing that is causing it to fail to parse the path.

use warnings;
use strict;

use IO::File;
use feature('say');

sub openFile{
    my $file = shift;

    #open my $fh, '>' , $file or die $!;

    my $fh = IO::File->new();
    if ($fh->open(">> $file")){
        say "I opened $file";
        $fh->close;
    } else { 
    say "failed to open $file $! ";
    }
}

openFile('C:\Users\Shain\AppData\Roaming\WaterAccount\file.log');
openFile("C:\Users\Shain\AppData\Roaming\WaterAccount\file.log");

openFile('$ENV{APPDATA}\WaterAccount\file.log');
openFile("$ENV{APPDATA}\WaterAccount\file.log");

openFile('C:\\Users\\Shain\\AppData\\Roaming\\WaterAccount\\file.log')
+;
openFile("C:\\Users\\Shain\\AppData\\Roaming\\WaterAccount\\file.log")
+;

openFile('$ENV{APPDATA}\\WaterAccount\\file.log');
openFile("$ENV{APPDATA}\\WaterAccount\\file.log");

openFile('C:\/Users\/Shain\/AppData\/Roaming\/WaterAccount\/file.log')
+;
openFile("C:\/Users\/Shain\/AppData\/Roaming\/WaterAccount\/file.log")
+;

openFile('C:/Users/Shain/AppData/Roaming/WaterAccount/file.log');
openFile("C:/Users/Shain/AppData/Roaming/WaterAccount/file.log");

openFile('$ENV{APPDATA}/WaterAccount/file.log');
openFile("$ENV{APPDATA}/WaterAccount/file.log");
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Output:

C:\Users\OWNER\Documents\Work\Perl>perl file.pl
Unrecognized escape \S passed through at file.pl line 22.
Unrecognized escape \A passed through at file.pl line 22.
Unrecognized escape \R passed through at file.pl line 22.
Unrecognized escape \W passed through at file.pl line 22.
Unrecognized escape \W passed through at file.pl line 25.
failed to open C:\Users\Shain\AppData\Roaming\WaterAccount\file.log No
+ such file
 or directory
failed to open C:SERSSHAINAPPDATAROAMINGWATERACCOUNT♀ILE.LOG Inv
+alid argument
failed to open $ENV{APPDATA}\WaterAccount\file.log No such file or dir
+ectory
failed to open C:\Users\OWNER\AppData\RoamingWaterAccount♀ile.lo
+g Invalid argume
nt
failed to open C:\Users\Shain\AppData\Roaming\WaterAccount\file.log No
+ such file
 or directory
failed to open C:\Users\Shain\AppData\Roaming\WaterAccount\file.log No
+ such file
 or directory
failed to open $ENV{APPDATA}\WaterAccount\file.log No such file or dir
+ectory
failed to open C:\Users\OWNER\AppData\Roaming\WaterAccount\file.log No
+ such file
 or directory
failed to open C:\/Users\/Shain\/AppData\/Roaming\/WaterAccount\/file.
+log No suc
h file or directory
failed to open C:/Users/Shain/AppData/Roaming/WaterAccount/file.log No
+ such file
 or directory
failed to open C:/Users/Shain/AppData/Roaming/WaterAccount/file.log No
+ such file
 or directory
failed to open C:/Users/Shain/AppData/Roaming/WaterAccount/file.log No
+ such file
 or directory
failed to open $ENV{APPDATA}/WaterAccount/file.log No such file or dir
+ectory
failed to open C:\Users\OWNER\AppData\Roaming/WaterAccount/file.log No
+ such file
 or directory
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