node.js - Close readable stream to FIFO in NodeJS -

i creating readable stream linux fifo in nodejs this:

var stream = fs.createreadstream('fifo'); 

this works , can receive data fifo fine. problem want have method shut software down gently , therefore need close stream somehow.

calling

process.exit(); 

does have no effect stream blocking.

i tried destroy stream manually calling undocumented methods stream.close() stream.destroy() described in answers of question.

i know kill own process using process.kill(process.pid, 'sigkill') feels bad hack , have bad impacts on filesystem or database.

isn't there better way achieve this?

you can try minimal example reproduce problem:

var fs = require('fs'); console.log("creating readable stream on fifo ..."); var stream = fs.createreadstream('fifo'); stream.once('close', function() {     console.log("the close event emitted."); }); stream.close(); stream.destroy(); process.exit(); 

after creating fifo called 'fifo' using mkfifo fifo.

how modify above code shutdown software correctly?