[comp.sys.ibm.pc] What's a "shrouded" file?

coleman@lll-lcc.UUCP (Sam Coleman) (05/31/89)

My impression is that it's somehow encrypted such that it's not human readable
but, if it's a source file, a compiler will still process it--to protect
distributed sources.  Is this right?  How is it done?

Thanks in advance.

Sam Coleman
coleman@lll-lcc.llnl.gov