open my $fh, '>', 'path to windows folder';
write $fh 'This is a test';
close ($fh)

##</code><code>##

# $schoolName and $bar are set elsewhere, but basically 'AHS' and 'XYZ'
# hotBase is "D:/home/cristofa/public_html/'; 
  $pupilFolder=$schoolName.$bar;	# Create the pupil folder for later offline use
    $dirPath=$hotBase.'pupils/'.$pupilFolder;
    	if (-e $dirPath){
    	print 'already made';
    	}
    	else{
	mkdir $dirPath,0777;
	print $dirPath;
	}