Add new option --abort-on-error

diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index bb59f257b7d1a09716296a90b88dd57411b30a61..fce1adf0cffbf527841dfada34b931d93f67fd5a 100644 (file)
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -179,6 +179,9 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
             action='store_true', dest='update_self', help='update this program to latest version. Make sure that you have sufficient permissions (run with sudo if needed)')
     general.add_option('-i', '--ignore-errors',
             action='store_true', dest='ignoreerrors', help='continue on download errors, for example to to skip unavailable videos in a playlist', default=False)
+    general.add_option('--abort-on-error',
+            action='store_false', dest='ignoreerrors',
+            help='Abort downloading of further videos (in the playlist or the command line) if an error occurs')
     general.add_option('--dump-user-agent',
             action='store_true', dest='dump_user_agent',
             help='display the current browser identification', default=False)