svn: invalid parameter supplied

I have a repository with svnserver running on Linux and am trying to set up a
client on Windows. I've successfully checked out a workspace with TortoiseSVN,
but I'm having no luck at all with the cygwin version of the svn command-line
client. Just about any command, such as

    svn update

in the workspace, or

    svn checkout URL

in an empty directory simply gives the one-line message

    svn: invalid parameter supplied

I have no idea where to begin to diagnose the problem. I was hoping there
was some sort of --verbose or --debug option or some place to look for log
messages, but so far, I can find nothing. I can supply more details about
my configuration on request, but I'm trying to keep this message short.

Disclaimer: I have 30 years experience with *nix and 15 years with cvs, but
I'm a neophyte with *dows and svn.

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Received on 2010-04-20 16:02:31 CEST