Added BDIO_close method

docs/src/index.md

@@ -17,10 +17,11 @@ BDIO_set_user
 BDIO_set_host
 ```
 
-### Openning `BDIO` files
+### Openning/closing `BDIO` files
 
 ```@docs
 BDIO_open
+BDIO_close!
 ```
 
 ## Writing data to `BDIO` files

src/BDIO.jl

@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ export BDIO_BIN_GENERIC, BDIO_ASC_EXEC, BDIO_BIN_INT32BE,
 # Methods
 export BDIOstream, BDIO_open, BDIO_start_record!, BDIO_write_hash!,
     BDIO_write!, BDIO_seek!, BDIO_get_len, BDIO_get_fmt,
-    BDIO_get_uinfo, BDIO_read, BDIO_set_user, BDIO_set_host
+    BDIO_get_uinfo, BDIO_read, BDIO_set_user, BDIO_set_host, BDIO_close!
 
 end # module

src/BDIOmethods.jl

@@ -79,6 +79,22 @@ function BDIO_open(fname::String, mode::String, protocol_info::String="")
     return fb
 end
 
+"""
+Closes the file associated with fb and clears the record database
+
+## Arguments
+- `fb`: A BDIOstream type. It must be associated with a file.
+
+## Examples
+```julia-repl
+julia> fb = BDIO_open("new_file.bdio", "w", "Test file")
+julia> BDIO_close(fb)
+"""
+function BDIO_close!(fb)
+    close(fb.io)
+    fb.records = similar(Array{record,1}, 0)
+end
+
 """
 Start a new BDIO record at the end of the file. Currently the supported formats are 
 - `BDIO_BIN_GENERIC`: Generic binary data