---
name: "condor_release"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "condor"
version: "23.9.6+dfsg-2.1+b10"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/condor_release"
---

# condor\_release(1)

HTCondor Manual release held jobs in the HTCondor queue

## NAME

condor\_release - HTCondor Manual

release held jobs in the HTCondor queue

## SYNOPSIS

**condor\_release** \[**-help \| -version** \]

**condor\_release** \[**-debug** \] \[ **-pool** *centralmanagerhostname\[:portnumber\]* \| **-name** *scheddname* \] \| \[**-addr** *"\<a.b.c.d:port\>"*\] *cluster... \| cluster.process... \| user...* \| **-constraint** *expression* ...

**condor\_release** \[**-debug** \] \[ **-pool** *centralmanagerhostname\[:portnumber\]* \| **-name** *scheddname* \] \| \[**-addr** *"\<a.b.c.d:port\>"*\] **-all**

## DESCRIPTION

*condor\_release* releases jobs from the HTCondor job queue that were previously placed in hold state. If the **-name** option is specified, the named *condor\_schedd* is targeted for processing. Otherwise, the local *condor\_schedd* is targeted. The jobs to be released are identified by one or more job identifiers, as described below. For any given job, only the owner of the job or one of the queue super users (defined by the *QUEUE\_SUPER\_USERS* macro) can release the job.

## OPTIONS

- **-help**

  Display usage information

- **-version**

  Display version information

- **-pool** *centralmanagerhostname\[:portnumber\]*

  Specify a pool by giving the central manager's host name and an optional port number

- **-name** *scheddname*

  Send the command to a machine identified by *scheddname*

- **-addr** *"\<a.b.c.d:port\>"*

  Send the command to a machine located at *"\<a.b.c.d:port\>"*

- **-debug**

  Causes debugging information to be sent to **stderr**, based on the value of the configuration variable *TOOL\_DEBUG*.

- ***cluster***

  Release all jobs in the specified cluster

- ***cluster.process***

  Release the specific job in the cluster

- ***user***

  Release jobs belonging to specified user

- **-constraint** *expression*

  Release all jobs which match the job ClassAd expression constraint

- **-all**

  Release all the jobs in the queue

## SEE ALSO

*condor\_hold*

## EXAMPLES

To release all of the jobs of a user named Mary:

```
$ condor_release Mary
```

## EXIT STATUS

*condor\_release* will exit with a status value of 0 (zero) upon success, and it will exit with the value 1 (one) upon failure.

## AUTHOR

HTCondor Team

## COPYRIGHT

1990-2024, Center for High Throughput Computing, Computer Sciences Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, US. Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.