The following code works

use Path::Tiny;
my $dir = '//192.168.1.44/somedir';
my @files = path( $dir )->children( qr/\.txt\z/ ); #Excludes "." and "
+.." automatically.
my @myDirectories = path( $dir )->children;
for my $dirName ( @myDirectories ){
        print "$dirName\n";
}
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However if I change the $dir as follows it does not work (I am aware technically //192.168.1.44 is not a directory but a share)

use Path::Tiny;
my $dir = '//192.168.1.44'; # traverse root
my @files = path( $dir )->children( qr/\.txt\z/ ); #Excludes "." and "
+.." automatically.
my @myDirectories = path( $dir )->children;
for my $dirName ( @myDirectories ){
        print "$dirName\n";
}
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I get the following error when running the above code

Error opendir on '//192.168.1.44': Invalid argument at dir.pl line 44.
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