[Borgbackup] backup of home partition

[Christian]

Hi altogether,

I´ve got a question concerning the backup of the home-partition.

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My system: Linux/Lubuntu 16.04.5 LTS, 64 bit
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What if I want to backup my entire home-partition? How does borg go
about doing that?
More specifically: Can I use my system during backup? Because when using
it there will certainly be write-processes going on to certain files.
Is there some kind of snapshot taken by borg before beginning to backup
or am I not supposed to use my computer during backup?

Greetings
Rosika