Making mysql jar run within my jar

I have a programme which uses a mysql driver
Now I cannot use it outside of eclipse.
My jar looks like this
/META_INF/MANIFEST.MF
/com/bis/converter (Package)
/lib/mysql.jar
my Manifest looks like this:
Manifest-Version: 1.0
Name: com/bis/converter
Main-Class: com.bis.converter.CsvPresentationWindow
Class-Path: ./lib/mysql.jar
what am I doing wrong. He just says class not found exception with the driver

Ok I got it,
first I thought, that the lib folder needs to be within the jar file!
Now I have the lib-Folder outside the jar within my execution folder and it works!

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