for f in sftp.listdir_attr(remotePath):
        files.append(f.filename)
        print("Found: {}".format(f.filename))

    print("Found a total of: ", len(files), " files in the list.")

for filename in files:
        a = remotePath + filename
        b = local + filename
        print(a)
        print(b)
        sftp.get(a, b, callback = None)
        print(ssh.get_transport().is_active())
        time.sleep(5)

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "getFilenamesRecurringly.py", line 74, in <module>
    connectToSSH()
  File "getFilenamesRecurringly.py", line 42, in connectToSSH
    sftp.get(a, b, callback = None)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/paramiko/sftp_client.py", line 721, in get
    size = self.getfo(remotepath, fl, callback)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/paramiko/sftp_client.py", line 699, in getfo
    reader=fr, writer=fl, file_size=file_size, callback=callback
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/paramiko/sftp_client.py", line 598, in _transfer_with_callback
    data = reader.read(32768)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/paramiko/file.py", line 211, in read
    new_data = self._read(read_size)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/paramiko/sftp_file.py", line 165, in _read
    data = self._read_prefetch(size)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/paramiko/sftp_file.py", line 146, in _read_prefetch
    self._check_exception()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/paramiko/sftp_file.py", line 519, in _check_exception
    raise x
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/paramiko/sftp_file.py", line 496, in _async_response
    self.sftp._convert_status(msg)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/paramiko/sftp_client.py", line 811, in _convert_status
    raise IOError(text)
OSError: Failure