Is it actually a folder? Use the file command (file filenamehere) to see what the system thinks it is. Also, figure out what character set that file name is supposed to be in and install it. A directory wouldn't change into something else just because of a character set misinterpretation. That might be some sort of archive or more likely, corrupted. Also some more things to provide for us - ls -lh /media/Jrobo/03... directory file 2006-07-10\\ -\\ S?ªgl??pur 2006-07-10\\ -\\ S?ªgl??pur (or use tab name completion) ** Also maybe try Unicode support in the terminal by running - export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 Then rerun ls -l to see if you recognize any characters. Jordan Peacock wrote: > I don't think it realizes it is a folder: > >