Techniques for managing configuration information among different physical devices

A system of managing configuration information used by an application, the system comprising:

• a first physical device which stores a first file having first configuration information;
• a second physical device which stores a second file having second configuration information;
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• a controller coupled to the first physical device and the second physical device, the controller being arranged to provide access to a top level file having a first path string to the first file stored in the first physical device and a second path string to the second file stored in the second physical device, the top level file in combination with the first and second files operating as a single virtual document which includes the first configuration information of the first file and the second configuration information of the second file.

A computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium having computer readable instructions recorded thereon to manage configuration information used by an application, the computer readable instructions being operative, when performed by a computerized device, to cause the computerized device to:

• dispose a first file in a first physical device, the first file including first configuration information;
• dispose a second file in a second physical device, the second file including second configuration information, the second physical device being different than the first physical device;
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• provide access to a top level file having a first path string to the first file in the first physical device and a second path string to the second file in the second physical device, the top level file in combination with the first and second files operating as a single virtual document which includes the first configuration information of the first file and the second configuration information of the second file.