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@opindex --ignore-interrupts
Ignore interrupt signals.
+@item -p
+@itemx --write-error[=@var{mode}]
+@opindex -p
+@opindex --write-error
+Select the behavior with write errors on the outputs,
+where @var{mode} is one of the following:
+
+@table @samp
+@item warn
+Warn on error writing any output, including pipes.
+Writing is continued to still open files/pipes.
+Exit status indicates failure if any output has an error.
+
+@item warn-nopipe
+Warn on error writing any output, except pipes.
+Writing is continued to still open files/pipes.
+Exit status indicates failure if any non pipe output had an error.
+This is the default @var{mode} when not specified.
+
+@item exit
+Exit on error writing any output, including pipes.
+
+@item exit-nopipe
+Exit on error writing any output, except pipes.
+@end table
+
@end table
The @command{tee} command is useful when you happen to be transferring a large