## zowe › ca7 › commands › release

Release a single job to CA 7.

#### Usage

zowe ca7 commands release [options]

#### Options

- `-q` (string)

  - Q={REQ|RDY}

    Indicates to release the contents of an entire queue. Omit Q when JOB or JOBL is specified.

    REQ
    Release the contents of the request queue.

    RDY
    Release the contents of the ready queue.

- `--ca7num` (string)

  - ca7num=0016

    Defines the name of the job number to release.
    Indicates the individual job to release. JOB is required to release a specific job. Omit JOB when JOBL or Q is specified.

#### CA7 Connection Options

- `--host` | `-H` (string)

  - Host name of the CA7 API service that is running on the mainframe system.

- `--port` | `-P` (number)

  - Port for the CA7 API service that is running on the mainframe system.

- `--user` | `-u` (string)

  - User name for authenticating connections to the CA7 API service that is running on the mainframe system.

- `--password` | `--pass` | `--pw` (string)

  - Password for authenticating connections to the CA7 API service that is running on the mainframe system.

- `--base-path` | `--bp` (string)

  - The base path for your API mediation layer instance. Specify this option to prepend the base path to all resources when making REST requests. Do not specify this option if you are not using an API mediation layer.

- `--protocol` | `-o` (string)

  - Specifies protocol to use for CA7 connection (http or https).

    Allowed values: http, https

#### Profile Options

- `--ca7-profile` | `--ca7-p` (string)

  - The name of a (ca7) profile to load for this command execution.

- `--base-profile` | `--base-p` (string)

  - The name of a (base) profile to load for this command execution.

#### Base Connection Options

- `--reject-unauthorized` | `--ru` (boolean)

  - Reject self-signed certificates.

    Default value: true

- `--token-type` | `--tt` (string)

  - The type of token to get and use for the API. Omit this option to use the default token type, which is provided by 'zowe auth login'.

- `--token-value` | `--tv` (string)

  - The value of the token to pass to the API.

- `--cert-file` (local file path)

  - The file path to a certificate file to use for authentication

- `--cert-key-file` (local file path)

  - The file path to a certificate key file to use for authentication

#### Examples

- Release ca7 number 0016 from CA 7:

  - `zowe ca7 commands release --ca7num 0016`