diff --git a/bash_completion b/bash_completion
index 55bfb7e0..2a2f17d0 100644
--- a/bash_completion
+++ b/bash_completion
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #   bash_completion - some programmable completion functions for bash 2.05a
 #
-#   $Id: bash_completion,v 1.160 2002/02/27 11:01:21 ianmacd Exp $
+#   $Id: bash_completion,v 1.161 2002/02/27 16:28:26 ianmacd Exp $
 #
 #   Copyright (C) Ian Macdonald <ian@caliban.org>
 #
@@ -1417,9 +1417,9 @@ _command()
 			func=${func%% *}
 			COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -A $func -- $cur ) )
 		fi
-	else
-		COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -f -- $cur ) )
 	fi
+
+	[ ${#COMPREPLY[@]} -eq 0 ] && _filedir
 }
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