clarified helptext on options -H, -i, etc.

Author: rhoerbe

doc/howto.rst

@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ Synopsis::
       -c TD_CONFIG, --config Test driver configuration module at the current directory or the path specified
                              with the -P option. Do not use relative paths or the .py filename extension
       -d, --debug            Print debug information to stderr
-      -H, --prettyprint      Human readable status output
+      -H, --prettyprint      Status output as human readable python dictionary
       -h, --help             show this help message and exit
       -J TT_CONFIG_FILE      Test target configuration in JSON format
       -L, --log              Print HTTP log information # TODO: update documentation
@@ -232,7 +232,11 @@ Synopsis::
       -t, --testpackage      Module describing tests (e.g. idp_samlbase.py generated from repository)
       -Y, --pysamllog        Print pySAML2 logs to stderr
 
-Remember to generate the
+    Output on stdout is a JSON dicitionary containing the test summary (overwrite with -H).
+    Output to stderr is the log file
+
+
+Remember to generate the test target's config file in json format from python.
 
 
 Running the script testing an SP
@@ -241,7 +245,7 @@ Running the script testing an SP
 Synopsis::
 
     $ sp_testdrv.py --help
-    usage: sp_testdrv.py [-h] [-d] [-C CA_CERTS] [-J TT_CONFIG_FILE] [-m] [-l] [-c TD_CONFIG] [oper]
+    usage: sp_testdrv.py [-h] [-H] [-d] [-C CA_CERTS] [-J TT_CONFIG_FILE] [-m] [-l] [-c TD_CONFIG] [oper]
 
     positional arguments:
       oper                 Which test to run (mandatory except for options -h, -l and -m)
@@ -255,6 +259,7 @@ Synopsis::
                             with the -P option. Do not use relative paths or filename extension
       -d, --debug           Print debug information to stderr
       -h, --help            show this help message and exit
+      -H, --prettyprint      Status output as human readable python dictionary
       -J TT_CONFIG_FILE     Test target configuration in JSON format
       -L, --log             Print HTTP log information # TODO: update documentation
       -l, --list            List all the test flows as a JSON object
@@ -264,6 +269,8 @@ Synopsis::
       -t, --testpackage     Module describing tests (e.g. sp_testbase.py generated from repository)
       -Y, --pysamllog       Print pySAML2 logs to stderr
 
+    Output on stdout is a JSON dicitionary containing the test summary (overwrite with -H).
+    Output to stderr is the log file
 
 Examples
 ::::::::

src/idp_test/__init__.py

@@ -131,8 +131,11 @@ def __init__(self, check_factory):
                                   help="Tests")
         self._parser.add_argument("-Y", dest="pysamllog", action='store_true',
                                   help="Print PySAML2 logs")
-        self._parser.add_argument("-H", dest="pretty", action='store_true')
-        self._parser.add_argument("-i", dest="insecure", action='store_true')
+        self._parser.add_argument("-H", dest="pretty", action='store_true',
+                                  help="Output summary on stdout as pretty "
+                                       "printed python dict instead of JSON")
+        self._parser.add_argument("-i", dest="insecure", action='store_true',
+                                  help="Do not verify SSL certificate")
         self._parser.add_argument("oper", nargs="?", help="Which test to run")
 
         self.interactions = None

src/sp_test/__init__.py

@@ -57,8 +57,11 @@ def __init__(self, operations, check_factory):
                   "no cert verification will be done"))
         self._parser.add_argument('-d', dest='debug', action='store_true',
                                   help="Print debug information")
-        self._parser.add_argument("-H", dest="pretty", action='store_true')
-        self._parser.add_argument("-i", dest="insecure", action='store_true')
+        self._parser.add_argument("-H", dest="pretty", action='store_true',
+                                  help="Output summary on stdout as pretty "
+                                       "printed python dict instead of JSON")
+        self._parser.add_argument("-i", dest="insecure", action='store_true',
+                                  help="Do not verify SSL certificate")
         self._parser.add_argument('-J', dest="json_config_file",
                                   help="Script configuration")
         self._parser.add_argument(