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+SYNOPSIS:
+        object clone_object(string name)
+
+DESCRIPTION:
+        Clone a new object from definition name, and give it a new unique
+	name. Return the new object.
+        
+        The original, called blue print, used for cloning, should not be
+	used in the game, only be used for cloning. The cloned objects
+	contain only the data but the blue print also the function code.
+	The blue print is the one without a unique number at the end of
+	the object's object_name(). The clone_object() function never
+	returns a blue print.
+        
+        Note that the pathname must be complete, which means there are no
+        relative paths allowed.
+
+EXAMPLE:
+        object torch;
+        torch = clone_object("/obj/torch");
+
+SEE ALSO:
+        destruct(E), move_object(E), uids(C)