How to get control from bash script of a batch job

[mauede]

I launch a Monte Carlo simulation as a batch job from a bash script:

 exb BEAM_$acc_name $beamin 521icru2 long batch=PBS p=1&

I can still get the process id (I think) through the command:

 exb1_pid=$! 

I have to launch another simulation which will be given in input  a file
created by the previous one.
Can I trust such process ID to wait until the simulation is completed  so as
I know when to launch the second simulation ?
My doubt is that all the process control is handled by the batch system PBS.
If I type "qstat" on a terminal line I get the batch running process ID 
which is not the same as $!.
I do not know of any bash variable that contain the same information
returned by qstat.

Thank you for any suggestion.
Mauede


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