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Find website structure

I heard that anyone visiting a site can easily determine the site folder structure by going on the internet and "doing something".  : )

What is it you do?  A potential client of mine has a site that is all over the place.  I would like to figure out how the previous webmaster set up the file structure for the pages of the site.  Any advice would be welcome!
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sqsm81 mentions a great site to use. The way of 'going to the internet and doing something' seems a little vauge, but I'm guessing it has to do with clicking on varoius pages on the aforementioned website while paying attention to the web address. After each backslash gives a folder name or file name. Depending on order. For instance www.xyz.com/folder/subfolder/filename or www.xyz.com/folder/filename.
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I have a mac.  Will this work on a mac?  Also, I don't know if I am interested in downloading site at this time.  I just wanted to see their file structure.  Person I talked to implied their was a url you go could to to see this.  I don't know if the url was a modification of the url or if it was a site you go to.
I did some digging and found this:
The link below describes a website that shows the structure of a website as a color coded graph.
http://www.creativetechs.com/iq/websites_as_a_graphic.html
The actual site that does this is below:
http://www.aharef.info/static/htmlgraph/

I just did this on my site and it take a while to load, but its pretty cool. And yes it's mac compatabile.
The color coded  graph is pretty but doesn't really tell me anything.  I am looking for a file directory structure that I can see online that shows me how the site is set up.  I have run across websites in the past that either aren't uploaded correctly or are not working right and I have see file folders and directories in place of an actual website.  Maybe that is what he is talking about.  Is there a way to view that online? If so, what do I type in the url?
something like this?
http://www.apache.org/dist/
This is an example of what your looking for correct?
Ding ding ding - - we have a winner!!!!  How do I get a listing like that for a particular site?
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I tried this with my site since I know my ftp info and IP address. DIdn't work.  Not sure what I did wrong.

I used this as a sample
  ftp://yourLoginName@IPaddress

I typed in my ftp login and my ip and it opened up my ftp program Transmit on my computer with a failed connection.  
I am using safari as my browser.  Maybe that is the problem.  I can't get IE to work on my machine.
Would there be a way for you to do this on a PC then copy the address down and open it up on your Mac?
I will give that a try tomorrow.  Thanks
I need some sleep. I usually think better when my eyes are closed and my subconsious takes over! Good Luck!
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