1. destroy
destroy a stream if possible
destroy
Package: destroy
Created by: stream-utils
Last modified: Wed, 15 Jun 2022 01:49:38 GMT
Version: 1.2.0
License: MIT
Downloads: 130,391,696
Repository: https://github.com/stream-utils/destroy

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npm install destroy
yarn add destroy

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Destroy a stream.

This module is meant to ensure a stream gets destroyed, handling different APIs
and Node.js bugs.

API

 var destroy = require('destroy')

destroy(stream [, suppress])

Destroy the given stream, and optionally suppress any future error events.

In most cases, this is identical to a simple stream.destroy() call. The rules
are as follows for a given stream:

  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 an instance of a zlib stream, then call stream.destroy()
    and close the underlying zlib handle if open, otherwise call stream.close().
    This is for consistency across Node.js versions and a Node.js bug that will
    leak a native zlib handle.
  3. If the stream is not an instance of Stream, then nothing happens.
  4. If the stream has a .destroy() method, then call it.

The function returns the stream passed in as the argument.

Example

 var destroy = require('destroy')

var fs = require('fs')
var stream = fs.createReadStream('package.json')

// ... and later
destroy(stream)

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