Get folder size

I am trying to get the size of a folder I used:
Set Archive to "Martha:EyeTV Archive"
Set ASize to size of (info for Archive)
I get and error on "info for Archive" saying it can find the file. This is a folder not a file. Do I have to use a shell script:
Set ASize to word 1 of (do shell script "/usr/bin/du -ks" & quoted form of (POSIX path of (Archive as string)))

By the way, since the Standard Additions scripting dictionary describes the “info for” command as deprecated, maybe you'd better use the following code:
set Archive to POSIX file "/Volumes/Martha/EyeTV Archive" as alias
tell application "System Events" to set ASize to size of Archive
You could also ask for the “physical size” property of the Archive folder.

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Years ago, I found my home PC was lacking disk space and could not exaplain where all of the space went.
At the same time I was teaching myslef how to use the Picture control and Windows did not allow you to check the size of a folder and it sub-folders. So I used that situation to learn about the picture control and LV at the same time.
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Soon after Greg McKaskle was putting together the first version of "The Good The Bad and The Ugly" and was looking for fodder to beat up. I offered and he accepted. When the time came for the presentation, my code was chosen as "The bad" since I had not learned how to do a cluster sort at that time so I wrote my own version of a bubble sort (the VI presents a Pie Chart of disk usage and clcik on the sectors of the Pie Chart allowed you to drill down so I hd to sort by sizes).
So why am I telling you this long boring story?
That code is attached for you to look at laugh and tell me how dumb I was.
Feel free to beat me up. It can't be any worse than the abuse I got from Greg (I felt like I was being raped).
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Ben
Code is probably 6 or thereabouts. "Disk_Utility" is top level. Remember this is an example of how NOT to code.
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If you can try in PowerShell - the below sample code may help you - THis returns folder size in MB
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You may get some insight / help for your code as well!
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