Yes.

I'm not sure where the script is being called from... But in running scripts via cron, I find that the path to asterisk needs to be used.

Maybe because $PATH isn't set....

From: "Skyler F" <electricity440@gmail.com>
To: "Dean, Corey" <n3fe@repeater.net>, "rpt-users, app" <app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 4, 2014 4:00:43 PM
Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] Unable to connect to remote asterisk (does /var/run/asterisk.ctl exist?)