diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index 38bc66c..b231469 100644
--- a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@push.rocks/smartfile',
-  version: '10.0.33',
+  version: '10.0.34',
   description: 'offers smart ways to work with files in nodejs'
 }
diff --git a/ts/smartfile.fs.ts b/ts/smartfile.fs.ts
index 59a526c..f19981c 100644
--- a/ts/smartfile.fs.ts
+++ b/ts/smartfile.fs.ts
@@ -221,6 +221,18 @@ export const toBufferSync = (filePath: string): Buffer => {
   return plugins.fsExtra.readFileSync(filePath);
 };
 
+/**
+ * Creates a Readable Stream from a file path.
+ * @param filePath The path to the file.
+ * @returns {fs.ReadStream}
+ */
+export const toReadStream = (filePath: string): plugins.fs.ReadStream => {
+  if (!fileExistsSync(filePath)) {
+    throw new Error(`File does not exist at path: ${filePath}`);
+  }
+  return plugins.fsExtra.createReadStream(filePath);
+};
+
 export const fileTreeToHash = async (dirPathArg: string, miniMatchFilter: string) => {
   const fileTreeObject = await fileTreeToObject(dirPathArg, miniMatchFilter);
   let combinedString = '';