# RubyGems updating metadata

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubygems-updating-metadata/131993>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [March 14, 2008, 10:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubygems-updating-metadata/131993 "2008-03-14T22:32:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![kyleh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/a9a28c/32.png) [@kyleh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kyleh)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 10:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubygems-updating-metadata/131993/1 "2008-03-14T22:32:24Z")

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Hello,

I have Ruby on a shared host with gems installing to somewhere in my  
local path. I need to update a gem, but as it updates the metadata gem  
is killed by my shared host due to excessive resource usage.

I was wondering if I could just transfer the metadata from my local box  
to the remote server to avoid this. Where can I find the metadata on my  
local box?

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**Author:** ![kyleh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/a9a28c/32.png) [@kyleh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kyleh)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2008, 12:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubygems-updating-metadata/131993/2 "2008-03-15T00:14:40Z")

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The file was source\_cache for anybody wondering.