Import rename and export rename

Hi,
I've figured out how to rename images on import to "literal"_"yymmdd"_sequence (and that works fine), but I'd also like to use a directory structure of bucket_{job number} where job number if a number that I increase from time to time. Can I do that with the filename templates?
Also (and more important!) I need to rename the files on export to the main players names (I shoot sports) followed by the original yyymmdd_sequence number from the original name. I figure if I put the main players names into the title IPTC field, I can then put that at the start of the existing file name, but I need a way to only use the YYMMDD_sequence of the original name, and not the original literal.
This is the naming sequence for most of the pubished shots, so I'd like to automate it as it's the one that takes the time!
I tried to find documentation on the filename template's, but cannot find the detailed stuff. Pointers for a newbie would be appreciated!
Thanks.
Merv.

I have a related issue: My Panasonic camera (DMC GH-1) uses filenames like TDDDNNNN.EEE, where "EEE" is the Extension (usually jpg, maybe rw2), T ist the Type ("P" (sRGB) or "_" (AdobeRGB)), DDD is the directory Number (initially "100"), and NNNN is the sequence number. That sounds fine, but there is a problem: The shot following P1000999.jpg is not P1001000.jpg, but P1010000.jpg. That is only three digits of NNNN are used, and the directory number is incremented after 1000 shots (not after 10000). Well, it could be a firmware bug in the Panasonic, but I'd like to be able to fix those names using sequence numbers like "DDD * 1000 + NNNN". I could not find out how to do that.
BTW: May older Canon PowerShot Pro 1 used a new directory every 100 shots, but it used all four digits in the files's sequence number (the directory is not part of the image file name there).

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It sure does feel like you're trolling here. Given the fact that I successfully manage over 100,000 client images annually and I've been successfully following this naming convention for the last six years, I think I know a little bit about how I need to go about manaing my own files. File naming is key component of my DAM and my office automation. Until you've walked in my shoes for a few years, you can't speak to the best way to run my business or my file management. Well, you can, but you'd probably be wrong.
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