Could you be more explicit about the errors you are getting? Or do you only get "execution of fileCopy.pl aborted due to compilation errors"? I suspect that what you are really getting is a list of errors that looks like:

Global symbol "$copyLog" requires explicit package name at fileCopy.pl line w.
Global symbol "$now" requires explicit package name at fileCopy.pl line x.
Global symbol "$copyLog" requires explicit package name at fileCopy.pl line y.
Global symbol "$count" requires explicit package name at fileCopy.pl line z.

Since you are using strict (which is a good idea), you need to declare your variables with 'my' or 'our'.

Benedictus