From 88e9e7a0ce5e1fdf138b44e7eee12ec1e08e8b31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pete R Jemian <prjemian@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 14:50:17 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] MNT #1032

---
 apstools/callbacks/spec_file_writer.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/apstools/callbacks/spec_file_writer.py b/apstools/callbacks/spec_file_writer.py
index 25013863..8bfd939b 100644
--- a/apstools/callbacks/spec_file_writer.py
+++ b/apstools/callbacks/spec_file_writer.py
@@ -733,6 +733,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self.file_epoch = None
         self.spec_filename = None
         self.write_new_file_header = True
+        self.write_new_scan_header = False
 
     def descriptor(self, doc):
         """
@@ -887,7 +888,6 @@ def newfile(self, filename=None, scan_id=None, RE=None):
         self.spec_epoch = int(time.time())  # ! no roundup here!!!
         self.spec_host = socket.gethostname() or "localhost"
         self.spec_user = getpass.getuser() or "BlueskyUser"
-        self.write_new_header = True  # don't write the file yet
 
         # backwards-compatibility
         if isinstance(scan_id, bool):