Access properties outside executable jar

OK I have spent long and hard trying to figure out this jar system. I even created my little junk test
See executable http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jeff.burden/paulb/java/junk.jar (source code is in junk.jar)
My problem is this
/pjb/deployed/prog/program.jar
/pjb/deployed/prog/
/pjb/deployed/prog/res/test.jar
/pjb/deployed/prog/props/mainConfig.propertiesmyprogram.jar has the following in manifest
"class-path: res/ props/" test.jar contains
pjb/apps/progsub/res/myfirst.class
pjb/apps/progsub/res/myfirstConfig.properties
the program.jar can read the mainConfig.properties, but it cant read the test.jar's myfirstConfig.properties
    private static String getResource(String fc, String key, Locale lc) {
            String out = java.util.ResourceBundle.getBundle(fc,lc).getString(key);
            return out;
    String moduleName = getResource("pjb.apps.progsub.res.myfirstConfig","greeting",eng);myfirstConfig.properties contains
greeting=Hi from inside a Jar
I dont want to add test.jar to the class-path as I want to add more jar files
What am i doing wrong? I thought if i specifiy a directory in the classpath it will pick up all the resources in it.

The program works when it is not in a deployed environment. That is
When im developying in NetBeans I mount the directories required for the sourcode to run
Everything works fine.
But when i try and delopy the stuff as described above, i get them anoying
MissingResourceException Can't find bundle for base name pjb.apps.progsub.res.myfirstConfig, locale en

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