node/deps/npm/node_modules/fstream/lib/socket-reader.js

// Just get the stats, and then don't do anything.
// You can't really "read" from a socket.  You "connect" to it.
// Mostly, this is here so that reading a dir with a socket in it
// doesn't blow up.

module.exports = SocketReader

var inherits = require('inherits')
var Reader = require('./reader.js')

inherits(SocketReader, Reader)

function SocketReader (props) {
  var self = this
  if (!(self instanceof SocketReader)) {
    throw new Error('SocketReader must be called as constructor.')
  }

  if (!(props.type === 'Socket' && props.Socket)) {
    throw new Error('Non-socket type ' + props.type)
  }

  Reader.call(self, props)
}

SocketReader.prototype._read = function () {
  var self = this
  if (self._paused) return
  // basically just a no-op, since we got all the info we have
  // from the _stat method
  if (!self._ended) {
    self.emit('end')
    self.emit('close')
    self._ended = true
  }
}