title: Will my executable jar include files I added in the file structure?
body: <p>I'm trying to comprehend how creating executable jars and file paths work, so please bear with me.</p>
  <p>I have a small program, which is supposed to upload some Firmware to Servers. These Firmwares have a combined size of about 650MB. All in all, the Project Folder takes up about 2.2GB of space.</p>
  <p>In the program itself, I have some Strings that refer to the name of the folder that contains the firmware.</p>
  <pre><code>&quot;src\\com\\java\\myProgram\\data\\bios_fw\\&quot;+biosFWPath+&quot;\\&quot;+biosFW
  </code></pre>
  <p>When testing in the IDE, this works without problem.</p>
  <p>So here's my question(s): Will this still work if I build the program as executable jar? I have already noticed that the jar I created holds only about 450MB. Does it even contain the firmware then? And if it does, will the program be able to find the path specified?</p>
  <p>Furthermore, what would be the proper way of &quot;installing&quot; these folders together with the jar on a Users PC?</p>
  <p>Thanks!</p>