The faq does give excellent instructions on how to move files safely.


1. Is there any chance that hijack is trying to automatically redirect the file moving and failing, thus eating the file somehow?

Nope - Hijack does not interfere with ls at all, so if ls doesn't show files in a certain directory then they just ain't there.

2. If it's not hijack, am I just doing something colossally stupid and not seeing it?

Possibly - check through the faq to ensure correct syntax for commands, and to make sure the drive is correctly mounted (mind you, if you can create dirs, then I guess it is rw)

3. If it's not hijack and it's not me, then what could it be?

B.E.M.'s?

4. If I were to start all over again, is there any command that I could have done to get it done faster rather than that big sequence of mv commands?

Very simple commands in the faq, and other related useful info here