Dependencies in batch resource managers for distributed parallel jobs (or simpler ones) are standard practice. https://arc.liv.ac.uk/SGE/htmlman/htmlman1/qmake

Dependencies in batch resource managers for distributed parallel jobs (or simpler ones) are standard practice. https://arc.liv.ac.uk/SGE/htmlman/htmlman1/qmake.html https://arc.liv.ac.uk/SGE/htmlman/htmlman1/qmake.html is an old adaptation of GNU Make which works within a job.