iOS simulator: could not hardlink copy. Wrong path in my filesystem?

Question

I am using Xcode Version 6.1 (6A1052d)

I am trying to launch an app on the simulator.

The first time it always works fine. If I want to launch a second time,

Answer 1

This fixed it for me:

SIMULATOR_NAME="iPad Air 2"
# Erase a device's contents and settings
xcrun simctl erase "${SIMULATOR_NAME}"

Thanks to https://encyclopediaofdaniel.com/blog/xcode-6-reset-simulators-from-the-command-line/ for the explanation!

My env: xcode 8.3.1 iOS 10.3 (14E269) SIMULATOR_NAME="iPad Air 2"