I have been using this backup script and I'd like for it to email me but the person who wrote it didn't include any logging. Can someone direct me the right way. What you see in red would be nice to get emailed. Thanks

#!/bin/sh
# full and incremental backup script
# created 07 February 2000
# Based on a script by Daniel O'Callaghan <danny@freebsd.org>
# and modified by Gerhard Mourani <gmourani@videotron.ca>
# modified for tape use by Chad Amberg <http://www.bluestream.org>

#Change the 3 variables below to fit your computer/backup

DIRECTORIES="/local/notesdata" # directories to backup
BACKUPTO=/dev/st0 # where to store the backups
TAR=/bin/tar # name and locaction of tar

#You should not have to change anything below here

PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
START=`date +%s`

# Daily full backup
NEWER=""
echo "***** start time"
date
echo
if mt -f /$BACKUPTO status | grep "ONLINE"; then
echo "***** finding sockets"
find $DIRECTORIES -type s > sockets
echo
echo "***** setting compression on"
mt -f /$BACKUPTO compression 1
echo
# echo "***** setting type to DDS-3 Compressed"
# mt -f /$BACKUPTO setdensity 0x25
echo
echo "***** archiving"
$TAR $NEWER -cf $BACKUPTO $DIRECTORIES --exclude-from=sockets --absolute-names --totals # --exclude-from=tbackup.ignore
echo
echo "***** tape-drive status"
mt -f /$BACKUPTO status
echo
echo "***** ejecting tape"
mt -f /$BACKUPTO offline
echo
echo "***** end time"
date
else
echo "***** WARNING TAPE DRIVE IS OFFLINE, NO BACKUPS PERFORMED"
fi
FINISH=`date +%s`
diff=$((FINISH - START))
echo -n "***** Total Run Time: "
HRS=`expr $diff / 3600`
MIN=`expr $diff % 3600 / 60`
SEC=`expr $diff % 3600 % 60`
if [ $HRS -gt 0 ]
then
echo -n "$HRS hrs. "
fi
if [ $MIN -gt 0 ]
then
echo -n "$MIN mins. "
fi
if [ $SEC -gt 0 ]
then
if [ $MIN -gt 0 ]
then
echo "and $SEC secs."
elif [ $HRS -gt 0 ]
then
echo "and $SEC secs."
else
echo "$SEC secs."
fi
fi

there is a way to do it w/ cron, b/c for a website i run i get a cron email every hour when the job completes... i set it up through cpanel though I'm not sure how you'd do it manually

This is what I tried:

uname -a | mail -s "test". This put the 'uname -a' as the content of my message. So answere lies somewhere along there.

Here's the diff. OK, it's lame but should work:
OK. So I'm lazy cuz basically you wrap in a function, call it and email the output.
Apply as "cat diff | patch --dry-run <insert scriptname here>". YMMV(VM).