Are all (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) of the below are VALID to
reference a temporary dataset ?

STEP2
DD1 DD DSN = &&TEMP

STEP3
DD2 DD (i) DSN = TEMP
(ii) DSN = *.TEMP
(iii) DSN = *.STEP1.DD1
(iv) DSN = *.STEP1.DD1.ONE

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