--- a/Smalltalk.st	Thu Oct 25 02:18:15 2018 +0200
+++ b/Smalltalk.st	Thu Oct 25 11:09:59 2018 +0200
@@ -7740,16 +7740,26 @@
         <pkg>/resources/file
     "
 
-    |pF f dir packageDir|
+    |pF f dir packageDir possibleResourceDirs|
 
     f := aFileName asString withoutPrefix:'resources/'.
 
+    OperatingSystem isOSXlike ifTrue:[
+        possibleResourceDirs := #('../Resources' '.resources' 'resources').
+    ] ifFalse:[
+        OperatingSystem isMSWINDOWSlike ifTrue:[
+            possibleResourceDirs := #('resources').
+        ] ifFalse:[
+            possibleResourceDirs := #('.resources' 'resources').
+        ].
+    ].
+    
     aPackageIDOrNil isNil ifTrue:[
         "/ this will be an error in the future
 "/        'Smalltalk [warning]: resource file access without package: ' infoPrint. aFileName infoPrintCR.
 "/        self halt.
 
-        #('../Resources' '.resources' 'resources') do:[:eachPossibleRsrcDir |
+        possibleResourceDirs do:[:eachPossibleRsrcDir |
             pF := self searchPath:(self realSystemPath) 
                        for:aFileName 
                        in:(eachPossibleRsrcDir).
@@ -7779,7 +7789,7 @@
         ^ pF.
     ].
     
-    #('../Resources' '.resources' 'resources') do:[:eachPossibleRsrcDir |
+    possibleResourceDirs do:[:eachPossibleRsrcDir |
         pF := self searchPath:(self realSystemPath) 
                    for:aFileName 
                    in:(eachPossibleRsrcDir,'/',packageDir).
@@ -7813,6 +7823,7 @@
     "
 
     "Modified: / 11-10-2006 / 13:53:43 / cg"
+    "Modified: / 25-10-2018 / 10:00:30 / Claus Gittinger"
 !
 
 getSourceFileName:aFileName