Add docs for the recursive flag on cp

Ref: JuliaLang#10448
tekverkp · Mar 11, 2015 · 45e5fa1 · 45e5fa1
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diff --git a/doc/stdlib/file.rst b/doc/stdlib/file.rst
@@ -105,9 +105,10 @@
  Like uperm but gets the permissions for people who neither own the file nor are a
  member of the group owning the file
 
-.. function:: cp(src::AbstractString,dst::AbstractString)
+.. function:: cp(src::AbstractString,dst::AbstractString; recursive=false)
 
- Copy a file from `src` to `dest`.
+ Copy a file from `src` to `dest`. Passing ``recursive=true`` will enable 
+ recursive copying of directories.
 
 .. function:: download(url,[localfile])