addressing review comments

Author: Julie Imig

TUTORIAL/tutorial_readme.md

@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ The output message will report that this command only checked 2 files, but both
 
 ### Step 4e. Exporting results to alternate format
 
-If you're not used to working with SQLite `.db` files, you can also save the output to an alternate format using the `--output_format` flag. Currently supported values include "csv", "fits", "html", and "excel".
+If you're not used to working with SQLite `.db` files, you can also save the output to an alternate format using the `--output_format` flag. Currently supported values include "csv", "fits", "html", and "excel". The `.db` file is always written by default, but this option will write an additional file in the chosen format.
 
 For example, this command will save out a html file with the filename checker results in a color-coded table:
 

mast_contributor_tools/filename_check/fc_app.py

@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ def check_filenames(hlsp_name: str, file_list: list[Path], dbFile: str, output_f
 
     # Write ouput to alternate format if specified
     if output_format != "db":
-        logger.debug(f"Writing to alternate format '{output_format}'")
+        logger.debug(f"Also writing to alternate format '{output_format}'")
         ouput_files = db.write_to_alternate_format(output_format)
         logger.critical(f"Written to {ouput_files}")
 

mast_contributor_tools/filename_check/fc_db.py

@@ -138,14 +138,18 @@ def print_summary(self) -> str:
 
         return summary_message
 
-    def write_to_alternate_format(self, save_format: str) -> None:
+    def write_to_alternate_format(self, save_format: str) -> list[str]:
         """
         Write out the SQLite DB as an alternate format.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         save_format : str
             Format to save output: 'csv', 'excel', 'html', or 'fits'
+
+        Returns
+        --------
+        files_written: list[str]: List of file names written out
         """
         # Check that input is a valid option
         supported_formats = ["csv", "excel", "fits", "html"]