Consider this directory (media):

[~/media/]
patrick@boyle > ls -l
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 patrick users 38 2003-12-13 00:40 h_work_media -> /mnt/boyle_hdd2/winshare/h_work_media/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 patrick users 37 2003-12-13 00:40 home_movies -> /mnt/boyle_hdd2/winshare/home_movies/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 patrick users 32 2004-03-16 22:38 movies -> /mnt/boyle_hdd3/winshare/movies/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 patrick users 31 2003-12-13 00:40 music -> /mnt/boyle_hdd2/winshare/music/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 patrick users 34 2003-12-13 00:40 pictures -> /mnt/boyle_hdd2/winshare/pictures/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 patrick users 36 2003-12-13 00:39 television -> /mnt/boyle_hdd2/winshare/television/


I just tried to move a directory filled with televisioin shows from the movie directory to the television directory using the following:

[~/media/movies/]
patrick@boyle > mv directory/ ../television/


While typing the command, I pressed the [tab] key to finish the directory 'television' since I'm lazy, and wanted to make sure I didn't fuck it up...

Somehow, it got fucked up because it is gone from movies, and was never moved to television.

What the Hell happened? Was it because I was 'navigating' through symbolic links?