fs(3lua): init man pages

Initialise man pages for the fs module.
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FS.COPY(3lua) "3lua" "Callisto manual pages"
# NAME
*fs.copy* - copy a file
# SYNOPSIS
*fs.copy*(_source_: *string*, _target_: *string*)
# DESCRIPTION
*fs.copy* copies the contents of the _source_ file to the _target_ file,
overwriting any existing contents of the _target_ file.
It can be considered analogous to the *cp* shell command.
The call _fs.copy("src", "trg")_ is roughly equivalent to the following
Lua code:
```
local sf, se = assert(io.open("src", 'r'))
local tf, te = assert(io.open("trg", 'w'))
repeat
local readbuf = readbuf or ""
tf:write(readbuf)
readbuf = sf:read(512)
until not readbuf
```
# EXAMPLES
Create a file _tel_ and write some data to it,
and copy its contents to the file _tel2_:
```
local contents = [[
maja 0501-1136285
peter 0136-7399214
]]
io.output("tel"):write(contents)
fs.copy("tel", "tel2")
assert(io.input("tel2"):read("a") == contents)
```
# SEE ALSO
callisto(3lua), fs(3lua), fs.move(3lua)