## zowe › zos-jobs › modify › job

Modify the job class or the hold status of a job.

#### Usage

zowe zos-jobs modify job <jobid> [options]

#### Positional Arguments

- `jobid` (string)

  - The job ID (e.g. JOB00123) of the job. Job ID is a unique identifier for z/OS batch jobs -- no two jobs on one system can have the same ID. Note: z/OS allows you to abbreviate the job ID if desired. You can use, for example "J123".

#### Options

- `--jobclass` (string)

  - The job class (e.g. 'A', 'B', ...) assigned to the job.

- `--hold` (boolean)

  - Setting this flag will prevent a job from executing until entering a second command with the '--release' flag

- `--release` (boolean)

  - Flag that releases a held a job for execution

#### Zosmf Connection Options

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

  - The z/OSMF server host name.

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

  - The z/OSMF server port.

    Default value: 443

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

  - Mainframe (z/OSMF) user name, which can be the same as your TSO login.

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

  - Mainframe (z/OSMF) password, which can be the same as your TSO password.

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

  - Reject self-signed certificates.

    Default value: true

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

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

- `--protocol` (string)

  - The protocol used (HTTP or HTTPS)

    Default value: https
    Allowed values: http, https

- `--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

#### Profile Options

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

  - The name of a (zosmf) 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

- `--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.

#### Examples

- Modify class of job with job ID JOB0000:

  - `zowe zos-jobs modify job JOB0000 --jobclass A`

- Hold job with job ID JOB0000:

  - `zowe zos-jobs modify job JOB0000 --hold`

- Release job with job ID JOB0000:

  - `zowe zos-jobs modify job JOB0000 --release`