Eek! Oops!

[anyweb]

where is this /Desktop exaclty ?

 

i tried to recreate your setup here on my Fedora box but could not make it fail....

 

see here

 

[anyweb@localhost ~]$ dirDesktop Download Music Public Templates Videos

Documents f10 Pictures Screenshot.png test

[anyweb@localhost ~]$ cd test

[anyweb@localhost test]$ mkdir test2

[anyweb@localhost test]$ cd test2

[anyweb@localhost test2]$ mkdir test3

[anyweb@localhost test2]$ ls

test3

[anyweb@localhost test2]$ touch "george\ washington.wps"

[anyweb@localhost test2]$ ls

george\ washington.wps test3

[anyweb@localhost test2]$ mv george\\\ washington.wps /Desktop

mv: cannot stat `/Desktop/george\\ washington.wps': Permission denied

[anyweb@localhost test2]$ cd /Desktop/

bash: cd: /Desktop/: Permission denied

[anyweb@localhost test2]$ ls /Desktop

ls: cannot open directory /Desktop: Permission denied

[anyweb@localhost test2]$ mkdir Desktop

[anyweb@localhost test2]$ mv george\\\ washington.wps /Desktop

mv: cannot stat `/Desktop/george\\ washington.wps': Permission denied

[anyweb@localhost test2]$ ls

Desktop george\ washington.wps test3

[anyweb@localhost test2]$