Basics of binutils ?

[Nick Clifton]

Hi John,

>      1) What are these binutils ?.  Executables or Sources ?.

Both - they are a set of sources which can be compiled to create a set 
of executables.  The executables are designed to work on binary files 
such as object files and other programs, hence the name "binary 
utilities" or "binutils".


>   3) If it is sources ; then please correct me if i am wrong.
> 
>       u give source files say BinUtils.c
> 
>       I compile BinUtils.c using my compiler to get the
> BinaryUtilities Which i will be using to generate cross-compiler,
> cross-linker and so on.
> 
>    Am i Right.

Yes.

You can find more information on the binutils at this web site:

   http://sources.redhat.com/binutils/

Cheers
   Nick