index.js

var browserify = require('browserify');
var path = require('path');
var fs = require('fs');
var tmp = require('tmp');
var b = browserify();
var output = path.join(__dirname, 'test.js');
var src = path.join(__dirname, 'main.js');
var ws = fs.createWriteStream(output);

tmp.file({ prefix: 'settings-', postfix: '.json' }, function (err, tmpFilePath) {
    if (err) {
        console.log(err);
        return;
    }

    fs.writeFileSync(tmpFilePath, "{\"test\":1}");

    console.log(tmpFilePath);

    b.add(src)
        .require(tmpFilePath, { expose : 'settings' })
        .bundle()
        .pipe(ws);

    ws.on('finish', function() {
        tmp.setGracefulCleanup();
    });
});

main.js

var settings = require('settings');

usage.md

Bug description:

on win32. We assume to exec node index.js in the test\test folder of the Z: drive. tmp creates a temp file in the C: drive

With browserify 6.1.0 we get the following output:

events.js:72
        throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
              ^
Error: Cannot find module 'settings' from 'Z:\test\test'
    at Z:\test\test\node_modules\browserify\node_modules\resolve\lib\async.js:51:17
    at process (Z:\test\test\node_modules\browserify\node_modules\resolve\lib\async.js:120:43)
    at Z:\test\test\node_modules\browserify\node_modules\resolve\lib\async.js:129:21
    at load (Z:\test\test\node_modules\browserify\node_modules\resolve\lib\async.js:61:43)
    at Z:\test\test\node_modules\browserify\node_modules\resolve\lib\async.js:67:22
    at Z:\test\test\node_modules\browserify\node_modules\resolve\lib\async.js:21:47
    at Object.oncomplete (fs.js:107:15)

This was working on win32 till version 5.13.1