Layers documentation is unclear

Serverless Framework
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There is no clear cut example to access code (not a dependecy like moment.js) from your layer in a lambda function. I would like to know how to access my files from my layer in my function. The layer itself is connected to my function but accessing the file gives me module not found. /opt/nodejs/somefolder/thefileIneed When I list the directories using nodejs file system I see that it all exists but when I use require, webpack does not bundle it.