title: bash mkdir and cp error on variable path "cannot create directory : No such file or directory"
body: <p>I'm trying to automate copying the content from a variable path (my camera) into a partially-user-defined path (desktop+date+event). The problem is that mkdir and cp complain saying that the directory cannot be created, but I don't understand why despite having DuckDuckGo'd for over an hour. What am I doing wrong?</p>
  
  <pre><code>echo -n "Enter event name and press [ENTER]: "
  read event
  sleep 0
  
  day=`date +%Y-%m-%d`
  month=`date +%Y-%m`
  media="/media/F009-64A5"
  
  source="${media}/PRIVATE/AVCHD/BDMV/STREAM/*"
  target="/home/kv/Desktop/$month/$day"\_"$event"
  
  mkdir $target
  cp -pr $source $target
  </code></pre>