diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-Start-DCPP-across-depends.R b/tests/testthat/test-Start-DCPP-across-depends.R
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+context("DCPP successfull retrieved for depends and across parameters.")
+test_that("Chunks of DCPP files- Local execution", {
+
+  path <- '/esarchive/exp/CMIP6/dcppA-hindcast/hadgem3-gc31-mm/cmip6-dcppA-hindcast_i1p1/DCPP/MOHC/HadGEM3-GC31-MM/dcppA-hindcast/r1i1p1f2/Omon/tos/gn/v20200417/$var$_Omon_HadGEM3-GC31-MM_dcppA-hindcast_s$sdate$-r1i1p1f2_gn_$chunk$.nc'
+
+  sdates <- c('2017', '2018')
+  dat <- Start(dat = path,
+             var = 'tos',
+             sdate = sdates,
+             chunk = indices(3:5),
+             chunk_depends = 'sdate',
+             time = 'all',
+             i = indices(1:10),
+             j = indices(1:10),
+             time_across = 'chunk',
+             merge_across_dims = TRUE,
+             retrieve = TRUE,
+             return_vars = list(time = 'sdate'))
+
+# [sdate = 2, chunk = 3]  
+dat_2018_chunk3 <- Start(dat = '/esarchive/exp/CMIP6/dcppA-hindcast/hadgem3-gc31-mm/cmip6-dcppA-hindcast_i1p1/DCPP/MOHC/HadGEM3-GC31-MM/dcppA-hindcast/r1i1p1f2/Omon/tos/gn/v20200417/$var$_Omon_HadGEM3-GC31-MM_dcppA-hindcast_s2018-r1i1p1f2_gn_202201-202212.nc',
+              var = 'tos', time = 'all', i = indices(1:10), j = indices(1:10), 
+              retrieve = TRUE)
+
+expect_equal(dat[1,1,2,25:36,,], dat_2018_chunk3[1,1,,,])
+
+# [sdate = 1, chunk = 2]
+dat_2017_chunk2 <- Start(dat = '/esarchive/exp/CMIP6/dcppA-hindcast/hadgem3-gc31-mm/cmip6-dcppA-hindcast_i1p1/DCPP/MOHC/HadGEM3-GC31-MM/dcppA-hindcast/r1i1p1f2/Omon/tos/gn/v20200417/$var$_Omon_HadGEM3-GC31-MM_dcppA-hindcast_s2017-r1i1p1f2_gn_202001-202012.nc',
+              var = 'tos', time = 'all', i = indices(1:10), j = indices(1:10),
+              retrieve = TRUE)
+
+expect_equal(dat[1,1,1,13:24,,], dat_2017_chunk2[1,1,,,])
+
+# [sdate = 2, chunk = 1]  
+dat_2018_chunk1 <- Start(dat = '/esarchive/exp/CMIP6/dcppA-hindcast/hadgem3-gc31-mm/cmip6-dcppA-hindcast_i1p1/DCPP/MOHC/HadGEM3-GC31-MM/dcppA-hindcast/r1i1p1f2/Omon/tos/gn/v20200417/$var$_Omon_HadGEM3-GC31-MM_dcppA-hindcast_s2018-r1i1p1f2_gn_202001-202012.nc',
+              var = 'tos', time = 'all', i = indices(1:10), j = indices(1:10),
+              retrieve = TRUE)
+
+expect_equal(dat[1,1,2,1:12,,], dat_2018_chunk1[1,1,,,])
+
+})
+