Cannot find module when attempting to automatically import node.js modules

I have a directory tmp that has 3 test node.js modules [mod0.js, mod1.js, mod2.js].

I am attempting to write a function in order to import these three modules into an array and then return said array. I can drop to REPL and can import each file using var x = require("./tmp/mod0"); etc without any issue.

When I attempt to run the following function though to automate this, I receive the error [Error: Cannot fine module './tmp/mod0'].

var _importFiles = function(path, files){
    var moduleList = []
    , trimmedName;

    files.forEach(function (element, index, array){
        if (_fs.lstatSync(path + "/" + element).isFile()){
            trimmedName =  element.substring(0, (element.length - 3));
            moduleList.push(require("./" + path + "/" + trimmedName));
        }
    });

    return moduleList;
};

I am passing in 'tmp' for the path parameter and the output of fs.readdirSync(path) for the files parameter.

If I check process.cwd(); within the if block, it matches that of the REPL console.

I'm trying to figure out why it works when I manually do it in REPL but not automated.

I modified the code slightly to this:

var _fs = require('fs');
var path = process.cwd() + '/tmp'

var _importFiles = function(path, files){
    var moduleList = [], trimmedName;

    files.forEach(function (element, index, array){
        if (_fs.lstatSync(path + "/" + element).isFile()){
            trimmedName =  element.substring(0, (element.length - 3));
            moduleList.push(require("./" + path + "/" + trimmedName));
        }
    });

    return moduleList;
};

var imports = _importFiles('./tmp', _fs.readdirSync(path));
console.log(imports);

Which gives me:

$ node import.js
[ 'imported mod0 automatically', 'imported mod1 automatically' ]

The mod files are simple module.exports = "imported mod(x) automatically";

So now my return list has an array. Also; Make sure your directory has read permissions (which im sure it does)