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+/* jslint node: true */
+'use strict';
+
+var configCache			= require('./config_cache.js');
+
+var paths				= require('path');
+
+exports.getFullConfig	= getFullConfig;
+
+function getFullConfig(filePath, cb) {
+	//	|filePath| is assumed to be in 'mods' if it's only a file name
+	if('.' === paths.dirname(filePath)) {
+		filePath = paths.join(__dirname, '../mods', filePath);
+	}
+
+	configCache.getConfig(filePath, function loaded(err, configJson) {
+		cb(err, configJson);
+	});
+}
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