From 676e210fc451a8da21074b7856729f9957af5d01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryan McGrath <ryan@venodesigns.net>
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 05:20:15 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes issue #32

---
 lib/wrench.js | 4 ++++
 readme.md     | 5 ++++-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/wrench.js b/lib/wrench.js
index c7d72e5..247874a 100644
--- a/lib/wrench.js
+++ b/lib/wrench.js
@@ -369,6 +369,10 @@ exports.LineReader = function(filename, bufferSize) {
 };
 
 exports.LineReader.prototype = {
+    close: function() {
+        return fs.closeSync(this.fd);
+    },
+
     getBufferAndSetCurrentPosition: function(position) {
         var res = fs.readSync(this.fd, this.bufferSize, position, "ascii");
 
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 393e3da..243c0da 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ var f = new wrench.LineReader('x.txt');
 while(f.hasNextLine()) {
 	util.puts(x.getNextLine());
 }
+
+// Note: You will need to close that above line reader at some point, otherwise
+// you will run into a "too many open files" error. f.close() or fs.closeSync(f.fd) are
+// your friends, as only you know when it is safe to close.
 ```
 
 ### Asynchronous operations
@@ -54,7 +58,6 @@ var files = [];
 wrench.readdirRecursive('my_directory_name', function(error, curFiles) {
     // curFiles is what you want
 });
-
 ```
 
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