| # Destroy |
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| Destroy a stream. |
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| This module is meant to ensure a stream gets destroyed, handling different APIs |
| and Node.js bugs. |
| |
| ## API |
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| ```js |
| var destroy = require('destroy') |
| ``` |
| |
| ### destroy(stream) |
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| Destroy the given stream. In most cases, this is identical to a simple |
| `stream.destroy()` call. The rules are as follows for a given stream: |
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| 1. If the `stream` is an instance of `ReadStream`, then call `stream.destroy()` |
| and add a listener to the `open` event to call `stream.close()` if it is |
| fired. This is for a Node.js bug that will leak a file descriptor if |
| `.destroy()` is called before `open`. |
| 2. If the `stream` is not an instance of `Stream`, then nothing happens. |
| 3. If the `stream` has a `.destroy()` method, then call it. |
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| The function returns the `stream` passed in as the argument. |
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| ## Example |
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| ```js |
| var destroy = require('destroy') |
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| var fs = require('fs') |
| var stream = fs.createReadStream('package.json') |
| |
| // ... and later |
| destroy(stream) |
| ``` |
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