def _writeCic(self, filelike, specfile, compress):
        """Writes the ``.cic`` container entry of the specified specfile to the
        ``mrc_cic`` format. For details see
         :func:`maspy.auxiliary.writeBinaryItemContainer()`

        :param filelike: path to a file (str) or a file-like object
        :param specfile: name of an ms-run file present in ``self.info``
        :param compress: bool, True to use zip file compression
        """
        aux.writeBinaryItemContainer(filelike, self.cic[specfile], compress)
Writes the ``.cic`` container entry of the specified specfile to the
        ``mrc_cic`` format. For details see
         :func:`maspy.auxiliary.writeBinaryItemContainer()`

        :param filelike: path to a file (str) or a file-like object
        :param specfile: name of an ms-run file present in ``self.info``
        :param compress: bool, True to use zip file compression