open (CREATE,">>pancho.conf"); print CREATE "[Global]"; close (CREATE);

Could be anything. You're not checking the return values of these file related functions.

Remember:
open or die
print or die
close or die

This goes for many other functions as well.

open CREATE, '>>pancho.conf' or die $!;
print CREATE '[Global]' or die $!;
close CREATE or die $!;
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You probably should be more verbose than just $!, but don't forget to include $!, since it contains the actual error message.

That said, you should learn Perl. Try reading a book.

Juerd
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