gdb in emacs

[Gary Wessle]

Hi

using gdb in emacs GNU Emacs 21.4.1 (i386-redhat-linux-gnu, X toolkit,
Xaw3d scroll bars) of 2006-03-07 on hs20-bc1-6.build.redhat.com
GNU gdb Red Hat Linux (6.3.0.0-1.134.fc5rh)

when I hit f11, it asks to save any unsaved files and it compiles. 
is there any way that I can only let it do the first step and not the
second. 
I need to save all unsaved files in the project I am working on
without having to go and save each separately.

thanks