diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+// Copyright 2010, devKnowledge.com Ltd. All rights reserved.
+// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+// of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
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+//
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+//
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+// IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
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diff --git a/README b/README
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+node-gc
+=============
+
+A very small wrapper around v8 Garbage collection. 
+
+To build:
+
+node-waf configure
+node-waf build
+
+you should then have a gc.node binary which you will need to make available to any 
+scripts that want to use it.
+
+To use in a script:
+
+var gc = require("./gc");
+
+var GC = new gc.GC();
+gc.collect();
+
+run node.js for a full example.
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diff --git a/gc.cc b/gc.cc
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+#include <node.h>
+#include <node_events.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+using namespace v8;
+using namespace node;
+
+class GC : public EventEmitter {
+ public:
+  static void
+  Initialize (v8::Handle<v8::Object> target)
+  {
+    HandleScope scope;
+
+    Local<FunctionTemplate> t = FunctionTemplate::New(New);
+
+    t->Inherit(EventEmitter::constructor_template);
+    t->InstanceTemplate()->SetInternalFieldCount(1);
+
+    NODE_SET_PROTOTYPE_METHOD(t, "collect", Collect);
+
+    target->Set(String::NewSymbol("GC"), t->GetFunction());
+  }
+
+  void Collect() {
+    while(!V8::IdleNotification()){};
+  }
+
+ protected:
+
+  static Handle<Value>
+  New (const Arguments& args)
+  {
+    HandleScope scope;
+
+    GC *gc = new GC();
+    gc->Wrap(args.This());
+
+    return args.This();
+  }
+
+  static Handle<Value>
+  Collect (const Arguments& args)
+  {
+    GC *gc = ObjectWrap::Unwrap<GC>(args.This());
+
+    HandleScope scope;
+
+    gc->Collect();
+
+    return v8::Null();
+  }
+
+  GC () : EventEmitter () 
+  {
+  }
+
+  ~GC ()
+  {
+  }
+};
+
+extern "C" void
+init (Handle<Object> target) 
+{
+  HandleScope scope;
+  GC::Initialize(target);
+}
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
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+var sys = require("sys");
+var gc = require("./gc");
+
+var GC = new gc.GC();
+sys.puts(sys.inspect(GC, true, 10));
+GC.collect();
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
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+import Options
+from os import unlink, symlink, popen
+from os.path import exists 
+
+srcdir = "."
+blddir = "build"
+VERSION = "0.0.1"
+
+def set_options(opt):
+  opt.tool_options("compiler_cxx")
+  opt.tool_options("compiler_cc")
+
+def configure(conf):
+  conf.check_tool("compiler_cxx")
+  conf.check_tool("compiler_cc")
+  conf.check_tool("node_addon")
+
+def build(bld):
+  obj = bld.new_task_gen("cxx", "shlib", "node_addon")
+  obj.target = "gc"
+  obj.source = "gc.cc"
+
+def shutdown():
+  # HACK to get compress.node out of build directory.
+  # better way to do this?
+  if Options.commands['clean']:
+    if exists('gc.node'): unlink('gc.node')
+  else:
+    if exists('build/default/gc.node') and not exists('gc.node'):
+      symlink('build/default/gc.node', 'gc.node')