diff -r 4aa8d3b69832 -r 24300d16a154 src/eric7/SystemUtilities/OSUtilities.py
--- a/src/eric7/SystemUtilities/OSUtilities.py Wed Nov 22 19:42:41 2023 +0100
+++ b/src/eric7/SystemUtilities/OSUtilities.py Thu Nov 23 16:23:37 2023 +0100
@@ -52,6 +52,16 @@
return sys.platform.startswith("linux")
+def isBsdPlatform():
+ """
+ Function to check, if this is a BSD (FreeBSD) platform.
+
+ @return flag indicating BSD platform
+ @rtype bool
+ """
+ return sys.platform.startswith("freebsd")
+
+
###############################################################################
## functions for user handling
###############################################################################
