I'm creating a series of index files for a set of directories. I've created a format which displays the information correctly in a file, I need to include some header information on each file. When I use the _TOP designation with format - only the first index file created has the header information - none of the subsequent files contain the header information (although they display the rest of the information correctly).
Here is a snippet of my code:

format INDEXFILE_TOP =
Program Description       Pages Date Filename
------------------------------------------------
.
 
format INDEXFILE =
@<<<<< @<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< @<<<<< @<<<<< @<<<<<<<<<<<
$prog, $desc, $pages, $date, $file
.
( then the rest of the code to get all the
 information for the variables and so forth )
the variables are filled in during a series of foreach loops (probably pretty ugly but I'm just starting out) culminating with write (INDEXFILE);

Anyone one have any ideas as to why the header information is only included on the first instance of the created file and none of the following ones?

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