Add top level package information

- Add Close() call with defer
- Fix code not exiting on error

README.md

@@ -8,22 +8,24 @@ This is a fork from [james4k/rcon](https://github.com/james4k/rcon) with the sup
 // Establish a connection.
 remoteConsole, err := rcon.Dial("127.0.0.1", "password")
 if err != nil {
-    fmt.Println(err)
+    log.Fatal(err)
 }
+// Close the connection at the end to free the used resources.
+defer remoteConsole.Close()
 
 // Send a command.
 requestID, err := remoteConsole.Write("command")
 if err != nil {
-    fmt.Println(err)
+    log.Fatal(err)
 }
 
-// Read the response
+// Read the response.
 response, responseID, err := remoteConsole.Read()
 if err != nil {
-    fmt.Println(err)
+    log.Fatal(err)
 }
 if requestID != responseID {
-    fmt.Println("response id doesn't match the request id!")
+    log.Fatal("response id doesn't match the request id!")
 }
 
 fmt.Println(response)

rcon.go

@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+/*
+A Go written library for the RCON Protocol from Valve.
+
+Information to the protocol can be found under:
+https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Source_RCON_Protocol
+
+This is a fork from https://github.com/james4k/rcon with the support for go
+modules and with a rework of the original implementation for better readability.
+*/
 package rcon
 
 import (
@@ -10,8 +19,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-// Information to the protocol can be found under: https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Source_RCON_Protocol
-
 const (
 	typeAuth          = 3
 	typeExecCommand   = 2
@@ -78,13 +85,16 @@ func Dial(host, password string) (*RemoteConsole, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	r := &RemoteConsole{conn: conn, readBuff: make([]byte, maxPackageSize+fieldPackageSize)}
+	remoteConsole := &RemoteConsole{
-	r.auth(password, timeout)
+		conn:     conn,
+		readBuff: make([]byte, maxPackageSize+fieldPackageSize),
+	}
+	remoteConsole.auth(password, timeout)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return r, nil
+	return remoteConsole, nil
 }
 
 // LocalAddr returns the local network address.
@@ -187,7 +197,7 @@ func (r *RemoteConsole) writeCmd(reqID, pkgType int32, cmd string) error {
 
 	// body
 	buffer.WriteString(cmd)
-	
+
 	// double null termination
 	binary.Write(buffer, binary.LittleEndian, byte(0))
 	binary.Write(buffer, binary.LittleEndian, byte(0))