in reply to Re^2: script running on linux but not windows -- File::Spec
in thread script running on linux but not windows

You might be interested in the original error string ($! and $^E) which might tell you more about the problem. Don't use the filehandle to report errors related to the filehandle itself. 
open $sqlFh, '>', $sqlLog or die "Could not open $sqlLog for writing.\
+n$!\n$^E\nExiting...\n";

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BTW, do you know that double quotes interpolate variables? 

$scriptLog = "C:/Users/thclotworthy/squirrel/logs/squirrel-$creationTi
+me.log";

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Also, declaring all the variables in one place usually makes their scope too wide. It's better to declare them only for the scope where they're really needed.

($q=q:Sq=~/;[c](.)(.)/;chr(-||-|5+lengthSq)`"S|oS2"`map{chr |+ord
}map{substrSq`S_+|`|}3E|-|`7**2-3:)=~y+S|`+$1,++print+eval$q,q,a,

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