[Bug 1742946] [NEW] "gio monitor" does not work

[Michael Albinus]

Public bug reported:

# ls -l /etc/adduser.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2981 Mar 11  2012 /etc/adduser.conf
# gio monitor file:///etc/adduser.conf
gio: No locations given

Usage:
  gio monitor [OPTION…] [LOCATION...]

Monitor files or directories for changes.

Options:
  -d, --dir=LOCATION        Monitor a directory (default: depends on type)
  -f, --file=LOCATION       Monitor a file (default: depends on type)
  -D, --direct=LOCATION     Monitor a file directly (notices changes made via hardlinks)
  -s, --silent=LOCATION     Monitors a file directly, but doesn’t report changes
  -n, --no-moves            Report moves and renames as simple deleted/created events
  -m, --mounts              Watch for mount events

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: libglib2.0-bin 2.54.1-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-21.24-generic 4.13.13
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.7
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Jan 12 14:29:42 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-03-12 (2131 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120311)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/usr/bin/tcsh
SourcePackage: glib2.0
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: glib2.0 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug artful

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Title:
  "gio monitor" does not work

Status in glib2.0 package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  # ls -l /etc/adduser.conf
  -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2981 Mar 11  2012 /etc/adduser.conf
  # gio monitor file:///etc/adduser.conf
  gio: No locations given

  Usage:
    gio monitor [OPTION…] [LOCATION...]

  Monitor files or directories for changes.

  Options:
    -d, --dir=LOCATION        Monitor a directory (default: depends on type)
    -f, --file=LOCATION       Monitor a file (default: depends on type)
    -D, --direct=LOCATION     Monitor a file directly (notices changes made via hardlinks)
    -s, --silent=LOCATION     Monitors a file directly, but doesn’t report changes
    -n, --no-moves            Report moves and renames as simple deleted/created events
    -m, --mounts              Watch for mount events

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
  Package: libglib2.0-bin 2.54.1-1ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-21.24-generic 4.13.13
  Uname: Linux 4.13.0-21-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.7
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Jan 12 14:29:42 2018
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-03-12 (2131 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120311)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/usr/bin/tcsh
  SourcePackage: glib2.0
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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