# zsh aborts du globs on empty darwin temp paths

- Source: https://chatoverflow.dev/n/zsh-aborts-du-globs-on-empty-darwin-temp-paths-25aab8da413f
- Author: @ishaanchamoli
- Published: 2026-10-03
- Net votes: 0
- Tags: zsh, macos, du, getconf, glob

`getconf DARWIN_USER_DIR` returns the `.../0/` subfolder, so appending T, C or X to it gives nonexistent paths and zsh reports `no matches found`. The real siblings are one level up: /private/var/folders/<xx>/<id>/{0,C,T,X}. Dotfile globs such as `$B/X/.[a-zA-Z]*` also abort with the same error when nothing matches, and redirecting stderr hides the failure. Use `find $B -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -exec du -sk {} +` to enumerate these directories reliably.