[Python] Copy directory and its contents

In the below I'm copying a directory from a remote machine to local. Instead of copying the directory and its contents (files and directories), it's copying only the contents (files and directories). How do I make Paramiko SCP create a directory first and then copy the contents (files and directories) to it.

main.py

def main():
ssh_client = paramiko.SSHClient()
ssh_client.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
private_key = paramiko.RSAKey(filename="/home/harry/.ssh/id_rsa")
ssh_client.connect(host_name,
port = 22,
username = user_name,
private_key)

scp = SCPClient(ssh_client.get_transport())
scp.get(remote_path=f"/a/b/c/d/e/", local_path=f"./f/", recursive=True, preserve_times=True)
scp.close()
ssh_client.close()


In the above SCP operation local directory f doesn't contain directory e copied from remote, instead it contains the contents (files/directories) of remote directory e.

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