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cake: Build the metadata cache.
$ cake schema_cache build --connection ${connection}
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The command you provided is a CakePHP CLI command that builds the schema cache for a database connection.

Here's a breakdown of the command:

  • cake: It is the command to run CakePHP console commands.
  • schema_cache: It is the specific CakePHP command used to build the schema cache.
  • build: It is the subcommand of schema_cache command that instructs to build the schema cache.
  • --connection ${connection}: It is an option for specifying the database connection to use when building the schema cache. ${connection} is a placeholder for the actual name of the database connection. You need to replace ${connection} with the name of the connection you want to build the schema cache for.

In summary, this command is used to build the schema cache for a specified database connection in a CakePHP application. The schema cache improves the performance of database schema queries by caching the database schema information.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.
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