io_read_clone

The clone is the the material that our templates were derived from. Typically the clone name is used as the database name. Example vectors are cosmid, YAC or BAC vectors.

io_read_clone io clone_number

Reads a clone structure from a specified io number and stores it in a keyed list.

io_write_clone io clone_number keyed_list_contents

Writes a clone structure stored in the keyed_list to a specified io number. Returns 0 for success, -1 for failure.

For a description of the database structure, see (FIXME) "The GClones Structure".