>And append process that would have pushed a DBF over the 2GB limit failed and has left the DBF unusable. The file has a size of 1.8GB, but no records when you try to browse the DBF. It can be openned. Is there a command I can use that will retrieve this data for me without "rebuilding" the DBF from scratch?

The new VFP8 has something in it designed to prevent the situation you've hit, stopping with an error if the next write would cause the table (or CDX or FPT? - not sure) to exceed 2GB.

It may only be with certain commands, but I know APPEND was mentioned as one of them.

Just FYI