Can't find folder after mv command

Question

I was working on a backend, and decided to make a git repository for the whole app. After cloning into my home directory, this is the list of commands:

~$ mv PartySpotBackend /PartySpot
mv: cannot move 'PartySpotBackend' to '/PartySpot': Permission denied
~$ sudo !!
sudo mv PartySpotBackend /PartySpot
~$ ls
node_modules PartySpot tmp
~$ cd PartySpot/
~/PartySpot$ ls
LICENCE README.md
~/PartySpot$ ls -a
. .. .git .gitignore LICENCE README.md

The entire PartySpotBackend/ directory seems to have disappeared. Is there any possible way to recover or find it? This is on Ubuntu Server.

Answer 1

You have moved the directory into / as /PartySpot, not into ~/PartySpot.

You were at your home directory ~ i.e. /home/$USER/ while sending the file and you have sent it to /PartySpot (under root directory /), not the ~/PartySpot directory in your home directory.

As you have used sudo mv PartySpotBackend /PartySpot, the destination /PartySpot starts with / meaning its an absolute path.

In a nutshell, look at /PartySpot.