It seems the Cwd::absolutePath() function call does not work correctly anymore (Hence the "These functions are exported only on request" in the perl doc). My current throws an error 1/5 times where the variable, even when initially initialized, throws an uninitialized error after the $absolutePath = Cwd::absolutePath(); assignment.

Solution was to use the Cwd::cwd() function call.

PS: Scary how the absolutePath function was still used even when not exported by request.