The wolips.properties file tells WOLips (and the Ant based build) where to find the various parts of WebObjects and friends. This replaces the wobuild.properties files used by earlier version (pre-New Hotness) of WOLips, though the wobuild.properties file still gets used by ant builds of the Wonder frameworks and applications.
The location of this file differs by operating system:
OS X: /Users/<user>/Library/Application Support/WOLips/wolips.properties
Linux: /home/<user>/Library/Application Support/WOLips/wolips.properties
Windows: C:ocuments and Settingsuser>ibrarypplication SupportOLipsolips.properties
Windows 7: C:sersuser>ppDataoamingOLipsolips.properties
The wolips.properties file should be created automatically, but if this does not happen, it can be created manually (e.g. with a text editor). Example contents of this file (modify to match the locations on your machine):
wo.system.root=/System
wo.user.frameworks=/Users/chuck/Library/Frameworks
wo.system.frameworks=/System/Library/Frameworks
wo.bootstrapjar=/System/Library/WebObjects/JavaApplications/wotaskd.woa/WOBootstrap.jar
wo.network.frameworks=/Network/Library/Frameworks
wo.api.root=/Developer/ADC%20Reference%20Library/documentation/WebObjects/Reference/API/
wo.network.root=/Network
wo.extensions=/Library/WebObjects/Extensions
wo.user.root=/Users/chuck
wo.local.frameworks=/Library/Frameworks
wo.apps.root=/Library/WebObjects/Applications
wo.local.root=/
Example on Windows:
wo.system.root=C:/Apple
wo.system.frameworks=C:/Apple/Library/Frameworks
wo.bootstrapjar=C:/Apple/Library/WebObjects/JavaApplications/wotaskd.woa/WOBootstrap.jar
wo.extensions=C:/Apple/Local/Library/WebObjects/Extensions
wo.user.root=C:/username
wo.local.frameworks=C:/Apple/Local/Library/Frameworks
wo.apps.root=C:/Apple/Library/WebObjects/JavaApplications
wo.local.root=C:/Apple/Local
See Using WOLips With Multiple Versions of WebObjects for how to use different wolips.properties files with different WO version.