# 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
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and Node.js bugs.
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## API
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```js
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var destroy = require('destroy')
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```
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### destroy(stream)
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Destroy the given stream. In most cases, this is identical to a simple
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`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()`
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and add a listener to the `open` event to call `stream.close()` if it is
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fired. This is for a Node.js bug that will leak a file descriptor if
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`.destroy()` is called before `open`.
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2. If the `stream` is not an instance of `Stream`, then nothing happens.
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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
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var destroy = require('destroy')
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var fs = require('fs')
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var stream = fs.createReadStream('package.json')
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// ... and later
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destroy(stream)
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```
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[npm-url]: https://npmjs.org/package/destroy
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[github-url]: https://github.com/stream-utils/destroy/tags
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[travis-url]: https://travis-ci.org/stream-utils/destroy
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[license-url]: LICENSE.md
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[downloads-url]: https://npmjs.org/package/destroy
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