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How does a compiler generate binary code to a separate file?
A reference to what file(s) in the source code of GCC handle this would be of great help.
What I want to know is how exactly do compilers (gcc in particular) generate machine code from ASM?
The assembler is a separate utility. You can find more information here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Assembler
The source code is part of the binutils package. You can find it here: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/binutils/